Question follow-through · 117319
Higher Education: Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the economy of public investment in higher education.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the economy of public investment in higher education.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2026
Answer published
Research by London Economics estimates that teaching and learning activities provided by the UK higher education (HE) sector generated £94.8 billion, which was equivalent to an average £13 return for every £1 of public investment in 2021/22. The combined ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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