Question follow-through · 19813
Further Education and Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the financial resilience of the (a) university and (b) colleges sectors.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure the financial resilience of the (a) university and (b) colleges sectors.
17 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
The department recognises that the financial position of the higher education (HE) sector is under pressure and this government has acted quickly to address this.The department accepted, in full, the recommendations of the independent review of the Office...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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