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

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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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 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

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Technical Excellence Colleges

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Engineering and Technology: Education

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Further Education: Finance

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