Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 46482

Students: Childcare

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat — Tiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of childcare funding policies for parents in higher education.

Answer

Janet Daby

Students attending full-time undergraduate courses and PGCE courses with child dependants qualify for a partially means-tested loan for living costs, a means-tested Childcare Grant, payable towards childcare costs for registered or approved childcare, and...

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