Question follow-through · 26977
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial viability of universities.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 18 Feb 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support the financial viability of universities.
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Feb 2025
Answer published
The department acknowledges the challenging financial environment faced by the higher education (HE) sector. The Office for Students' (OfS) latest report on the HE sector's financial health, which was published in November, stated that the sector's financ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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