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Postgraduate Education: Childcare

Asked by Anneliese DoddsLabour (Co-op)Department for EducationTabled Answered 16 January 2026UIN 103837

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the percentage of doctoral loans used by students to cover the costs of childcare.

Answered by Josh MacAlister

Doctoral loans are intended to contribute to the cost of study, rather than to specifically cover tuition fees or livings costs, which provides flexibility to the student. The department does not hold any information on the proportion of doctoral loan funding that is spent on childcare.

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