Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Robert Halfon and Anum Qaisar

Monday 12th June 2023 Commons Chamber

[Ms Anum Qaisar (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)]

T2. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveals that, despite achieving the same level of qualification, the salaries of first-class female graduates were £2,000 lower than those of their male counterparts. What steps is the Minister taking to foster women’s workplace progression once they leave university?

[The Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education (Robert Halfon)]

The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that male graduates earn more than £130,000 over their lifetime and female graduates £100,000, so graduates are coming out of university with good wages, and we know that more disadvantaged students are going to university than ever before.