Social Mobility

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 November 2018.

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Photo of Matthew Offord Matthew Offord Conservative, Hendon 12:00, 12 November 2018

A recent OECD report stated that the children of poor families are likely to take five generations to start to earn an average income, compared with two generations for families in Denmark and three in Sweden. Why has it taken the United Kingdom so long to bridge this gap?