Written questions

Higher Education: Low Incomes

Commons · Question 26528 · Tabled 27 Jan 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 4 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of students from low income backgrounds enrolled on university access programmes.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 4 Feb 2025

Access to higher education (HE) should be based on ability and attainment, not background. Opportunity should be available to all and it is the department’s aspiration that no groups are left behind.Grants and loans are available for students to undertake...