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Children and Young People: Carers |
| Question ID: |
1742981 |
| UIN: |
HL2687 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
57 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Young of Cookham
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Lord Young of Cookham
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the Carers Trust report Caring and classes: the education gap for young carers, published in September, that almost a quarter of young carers said there is “no support at all |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The department appreciates the ongoing efforts of the Carers Trust in supporting carers of all ages across the UK. Their recent report, ‘Caring and Classes: The Education Gap for Young Carers’, examines the support available to young and young adult carer... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |