Question follow-through · 9022
Education: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new socio-economic duty will apply to (a) LEA schools, (b) academies, (c) further education colleagues, (d) universities and (e) the Office for Students.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the new socio-economic duty will apply to (a) LEA schools, (b) academies, (c) further education colleagues, (d) universities and (e) the Office for Students.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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18 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Socio-Economic Duty (SED) will embed consideration of socio-economic disadvantage into public sector decision-making. It will require specified public authorities to have due regard to how their strategic decisions can reduce inequalities of outcomes ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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