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Graduates: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the real-term change in graduate earnings in the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
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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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the real-term change in graduate earnings in the last five years.

  2. 16 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  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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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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