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Higher Education: Mathematics

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to maintain provision of maths at universities of all tariff levels.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
11 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to maintain provision of maths at universities of all tariff levels.

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education, recognises the critical importance of mathematics provision at universities. English universities are independent, autonomous institutions and are therefore free to choose which courses they run....

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