Question follow-through · 46817
Higher Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of higher education (a) funding and (b) governance.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of higher education (a) funding and (b) governance.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2025
Answer published
Education is a devolved matter and as such issues relating to higher education (HE) in the devolved nations is a matter for the relevant government.The HE sector needs a secure financial footing to face the challenges of the next decade, and to ensure tha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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