Question follow-through · 6716
Higher Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of higher education providers in England are expected to record an operating deficit in each of the next three financial years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of higher education providers in England are expected to record an operating deficit in each of the next three financial years.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Office for Students, the independent regulator of higher education (HE) 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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