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Students: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Student Loan Company recovery action following the misclassification of weekend courses as in-attendance courses for the purposes of student finance on st

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
20 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Student Loan Company recovery action following the misclassification of weekend courses as in-attendance courses for the purposes of student finance on st

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 May 2026

    Answer published

    The government recognises the uncertainty being faced by students affected by the misclassification of weekend courses and that the support offered has not, in all cases, yet been delivered with the consistency or urgency these circumstances require by th...

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Possible follow-up questions

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Gemma Collins

20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department paid to Gemma Collins for her appearance in its recent communications campaign.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Gemma Collins

20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to her Department was of the recent campaign starring Gemma Collins.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Fraud

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of childcare grant fraud linked to student loans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Fraud

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to identify the nationalities and ethnicities most associated with (a) childcare grant fraud and (b) student loan fraud.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to connect information on (a) childcare grant and (b) student loan claims with regulatory information about childcare providers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Fraud

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she has taken to identify the proportion of the student loan book used for fraudulent activity by students, franchised and non-franchised HE providers and intermediaries.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Childcare: Registration

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many childcare providers registered have no children signed up.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Childcare

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many providers registered have no children signed up but have live childcare grant claims.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Education: Alphabet

10 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Ministers in her Department have used informal communication channels, including WhatsApp and private email, to conduct official business with representatives of Alphabet since 4 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department used to prioritise the rebuilding of Churchill Community College in North Tyneside through the School Rebuilding Programme; and if she will take steps to prioritise Berwick Academy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider the potential merits of providing part-funding to Northumberland County Council for the rebuilding of Berwick Academy, following the Council's commitment of £37 million of local funding to

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

School Rebuilding Programme: North Tyneside

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the Department's most recent assessment is of the cost of tackling the condition defects at Berwick Academy; and if she will publish that assessment.