Question follow-through · 68125
Universities: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have had debt restructuring packages facilitated by the Office for Students involving (a) the Department for Education, (b) external consultants and (c) commercial lenders since 2018.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many universities have had debt restructuring packages facilitated by the Office for Students involving (a) the Department for Education, (b) external consultants and (c) commercial lenders since 2018.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Office for Students (OfS) has not facilitated debt restructuring packages of any university since 2018.Universities are independent from government and as such are responsible for managing their finances. This includes negotiations with commercial len...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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