Question follow-through · 66500
Journalism: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has withdrawn funding for journalism courses through the Strategic Priorities Grant from the 2025–26 academic year onwards.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department has withdrawn funding for journalism courses through the Strategic Priorities Grant from the 2025–26 academic year onwards.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jul 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member for Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire to the answer of 16 July 2025 to Question 63373.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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