Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 99504

Higher Education: Neurological Diseases

Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

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

Josh MacAlister
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...

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