Question follow-through · 2842
Universities: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of universities at risk of insolvency in each of the last five years, broken down by Russell Group and non-Russell Group institutions.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of universities at risk of insolvency in each of the last five years, broken down by Russell Group and non-Russell Group institutions.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England, is responsible for monitoring the sector’s financial sustainability. Its most recent report on the sector’s financial health, published in May 2026, can be found here...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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