Chris Green – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Green on 2016-01-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Your Life campaign in changing the perceptions of STEM subjects amoung young people.

Nick Gibb

This Government welcomes the independently led Your Life campaign which aims to increase the number of young people studying science and mathematics at A level, and which is funded by nine corporate sponsors. We look forward to hearing from the campaign what impact it has had on young people’s perceptions.

Since 2010 the number of young people studying science and mathematics A levels has increased by around 29,000. The Government is committed to further increasing these numbers and is taking action to do so, such as recruiting top graduates into teaching.