Question follow-through · 75755
Universities: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the value for money to students of each UK university.
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
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 22 Sept 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Private Education: VAT · 9 Sept 2025
- Overseas Students: Visas · 13 Oct 2025
- Schools: Discipline · 10 Nov 2025
- Childcare: Fees and Charges · 10 Nov 2025
- Department for Education: Public Consultation and Reviews · 10 Nov 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the value for money to students of each UK university.
10 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Sept 2025
Answer published
The department recognises the vital role universities play in driving economic growth, producing world-leading research, and delivering value for money to students. Frameworks like the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and Knowledge Exchange Framework (...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Private Education: VAT
9 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of changes to the VAT status of independent schools on the number of children enrolled in state schools in September 2025.
Overseas Students: Visas
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data her Department holds on the proportion of student visa holders who progress to graduation.
Schools: Discipline
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Government to crackdown on bad behaviour and boost attendance, published on 31 August 2025, if she will publish a list of schools receiving targeted sup
Childcare: Fees and Charges
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Over half a million children to benefit from funded childcare, published 1 September 2025, whether she has made an estimate on the average additional nu
Department for Education: Public Consultation and Reviews
10 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by her Department since 4 July 2024.
Students: Taxation
1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate about how much a) income tax, b) National Insurance and c) student loan repayment she expects the average person turning 30 in 2025/26 with a Plan 2 Student Loan to pay by 2029/30.
Department for Education: Visas
1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many visas a) her Department, b) Ofsted, c) the Construction Industry Training Board, d) the Office of the Children's Commissioner and e) the Student Loans Company have sponsored since 4 July 2024.
Breakfast Clubs
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the take up rate is amongst targeted pupils for free breakfast clubs.
Private Education: Taxation
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the annual impact of one child attending an independent school on the public purse.
Secondary Education: Expenditure
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of putting a child through secondary state school education.
Private Education: Finance
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing (a) vouchers and (b) tax rebates to parents who send children to independent schools of a value less than the cost to the public purse per y
Primary Education: School Libraries
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary schools do not have a library.