Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 46483

Teachers: Training

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal DemocratTiverton and Minehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve financial support for student parents undergoing teacher training and not earning a salary.

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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