Question follow-through · 109863
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has indicated to commercial lenders that the Government would take steps to prevent the failure of a financially distressed university since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 9 Feb 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has indicated to commercial lenders that the Government would take steps to prevent the failure of a financially distressed university since 2020.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Feb 2026
Answer published
As set out in our response on 29 January 2026, the department meets with a variety of stakeholders, including commercial lenders, to hear their views on the higher education sector. Where individual providers experience financial difficulties, the departm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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