Question follow-through · 121332
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the UK economy of public investment in higher education.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the financial return to the UK economy of public investment in higher education.
19 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
Graduates make a significant economic and financial contribution to the UK economy. A report commissioned by Universities UK and published in 2024 suggests that the UK higher education sector contributes around £265 billion to the UK economy and that ever...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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