Question follow-through · 122926
Universities: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to hold universities to account on their duty of care to students.
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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
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to hold universities to account on their duty of care to students.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department’s position is that a duty of care in higher education (HE) may arise in certain circumstances. Such circumstances would be a matter for the courts to decide, based on the specific facts and context of the case being considered, and will be ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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