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Higher Education: Neurological Diseases

Commons · Question 99504 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 7 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Mary Glindon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve accessibility to higher education for people with progressive neurological conditions such as Friedreich’s ataxia.

Answer

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 7 Jan 2026

This government is committed to ensuring that all students are supported to both access higher education (HE) and to thrive while they are there. For example, in our recent Skills White Paper we committed to significantly increasing the take-up of the Adj...