Question follow-through · 348
Children: Terminal Illnesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of a life-threatening or terminal illness on children’s school attendance, attainment and wellbeing, whether they are the affected child or their sibling.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of a life-threatening or terminal illness on children’s school attendance, attainment and wellbeing, whether they are the affected child or their sibling.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2026
Answer published
The department recognises that a life‑threatening or terminal illness can have a significant impact on children’s attendance, attainment and wellbeing, both for those directly affected and for their siblings.The department does not hold specific data on t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
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Department for Education: Public Expenditure
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