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Pupils: Young Carers |
| Question ID: |
1812825 |
| UIN: |
904610 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-10 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4765 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Wendy Chamberlain
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| Asking Member handle: |
wendychambld
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@wendychambld
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the under reporting of young carer numbers in the school census 2025. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
The impact of caring on education has been hidden for too long. The school census data is already shining a light on this issue despite the underreporting. It has given the department hard evidence on young carer’s attendance, suspensions and exclusions, ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |