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Question follow-through · 101938

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department holds meetings with commercial lenders to discuss the finances of higher education institutions.

answeredDepartment for Education

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
2 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
29 Jan 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department holds meetings with commercial lenders to discuss the finances of higher education institutions.

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The department meets regularly with a variety of stakeholders to hear their views on the English higher education sector. This includes commercial lenders, given that the sector’s external borrowing totalled £13.3 billion in 2023/24.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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