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Higher Education: Redundancy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies in higher education in the last year.

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
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
5 Mar 2026
Answer
11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of redundancies in higher education in the last year.

  2. 5 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The government greatly values the hard work of staff across the higher education (HE) sector who continue to deliver for students and universities during what is a challenging period.We are aware that some providers are making difficult decisions around s...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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