Written questions

Students: Social Mobility

Commons · Question 43523 · Tabled 2 Apr 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 10 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Ranger

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to improve access to opportunity in disadvantaged areas to promote social mobility for students from low-income backgrounds.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 10 Apr 2025

For too many children and young people in Britain, their background, where they come from or their parents' income limits the life they are able to build. The government’s Opportunity Mission aims to break this link between a child’s background and their ...