Question follow-through · 2351
Teachers: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering funding support for those universities affected by the costs of the Teachers Pension Scheme contributions, in line with support provided for furt
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2026 · 15 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
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering funding support for those universities affected by the costs of the Teachers Pension Scheme contributions, in line with support provided for furt
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jun 2026
Answer published
The government recognises the financial challenges in the higher education (HE) sector both for providers and their staff.HE providers are autonomous bodies, and the government does not fund the costs of changes to the scheme for them in the same way as f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Technical Excellence Colleges
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Higher Technical Qualifications
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions Ministers and officials in her Department have had with FE colleges and universities on the profile and awareness of Higher Technical Qualifications.
Higher Technical Qualifications
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether there is a single, comprehensive list of available government-approved Higher Technical Qualifications for use by prospective learners and careers advisers.
Engineering and Technology: Education
24 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help tackle gender imbalances in pre and post-16 academic and vocational pathways into engineering and technology careers.
Further Education: Finance
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for further education.