Question follow-through · 87659
Graduates: Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of degree subjects associated with persistently (a) low employment and (b) earning outcomes; and what steps is she taking
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of degree subjects associated with persistently (a) low employment and (b) earning outcomes; and what steps is she taking
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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12 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Post-16 education and skills white paper, published in October 2025, sets out plans to ensure the higher education system drives economic growth. This includes policies to incentivise delivery of courses that produce the skills needed for the econom...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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