Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2015 to Question 219294, what her estimate is of the cost to the Department of the research project on the number of young carers in England.
The Department for Education has commissioned a research study into the lives of young carers in England. The costs of this study will not exceed £270,000 (exclusive of VAT) over the financial years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. The research will be completed by 31 March 2016.