Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What steps he is taking to help support young people from deprived backgrounds access higher education.

Tabled: 8 March 2022Answered: 14 March 2022

Asked by

Andrew Bowie

ConservativeWest Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (Chris Elmore)

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