Question follow-through · 18933
Young Carers: Education and Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to add young carers to the data which local authorities must provide in relation to 'Participation in education, training and NEET' for 16 and 17 year olds.
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
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 18 Jul 2026 · 4 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Economy and business
- Disabled Students' Allowances · 14 Sept 2026
- Disabled Students' Allowances · 14 Sept 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Government plans to add young carers to the data which local authorities must provide in relation to 'Participation in education, training and NEET' for 16 and 17 year olds.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jul 2026
Answer published
Local authorities already have statutory duties to identify, track and support young people, including those not in education, employment or training (NEET). They collect characteristic data such as sex, ethnicity, special educational needs and young care...
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.
Disabled Students' Allowances
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason and on what evidential basis is the Department proposing to restrict funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance to exceptional circumstances only.
Disabled Students' Allowances
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance on the course completion and graduate employment rate
Disabled Students' Allowances
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the proposals to restricting funded specialist assistive software through the Disabled Students' Allowance.
Disabled Students' Allowances
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposed Disabled Students' Allowance changes on the disability employment commitments in the Get Britain Working White Paper.