Briefing on the Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings) Bill
The Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings) Bill is scheduled to receive its Second Reading in the House of Commons on Friday 22 October 2021.
The House of Commons Library is preparing a briefing on the Bill. Please check for updates on this page.
Headline student numbers have increased to multiple new records following a short dip after the 2012 reforms. There are however ongoing concerns about numbers of part-time undergraduates, EU students and some disadvantaged groups.
The main recent policy developments regarding school meals in England, including the revised school food standards and provision of free school meals.
Concerns are regularly raised about the cost of school uniform - this briefing introduces the rules and recent reforms in England, and sets out the support available for school uniform costs across the UK.
