Question follow-through · 17587

Children: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from ethnic minority and working class backgrounds have equal access to education and future work opportunities.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
13 Jul 2026
Answer
2 Sept 2026 · 55 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that children from ethnic minority and working class backgrounds have equal access to education and future work opportunities.

  2. 13 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The department is committed to doing more to improve the life changes of all children, including children from ethnic minority and working class backgrounds.Our approach is comprehensive: rebuilding early family support, developing a new model for targeti...

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