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 ...