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Graduates: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled LEO Graduate and Postgraduate Outcomes, published on 26 June 2025, what recent discussions she has had with the Office for Students on low employment outco

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Department for Education
Tabled
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
16 Oct 2025
Answer
31 Oct 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled LEO Graduate and Postgraduate Outcomes, published on 26 June 2025, what recent discussions she has had with the Office for Students on low employment outco

  2. 16 Oct 2025

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  3. 31 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The department reviews the latest available data and evidence on graduate earning outcomes, including differences between UK-domiciled and EU-domiciled graduates, to inform and shape policy development where appropriate. The Longitudinal Education Outcome...

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