Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 24 February 2026Answered: 2 March 2026

Asked by

Claire Hazelgrove

LabourFilton and Bradley Stoke

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

Georgia Gould

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituent, whose courage, commitment and care for others in the most impossible circumstances is truly inspiring. In the schools White Paper, we committed to consulting on changes to the school admissions code to promote fairness for all families. As part of that work, we will be looking at how to ensure that cases such as this are better supported through admissions policy in the future and, in the meantime, that schools and admissions authorities make use of the social and medical criteria.