Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the financial performance of the Office for Students.

Officials in the department and the Office for Students (OfS) regularly discuss the OfS's finances and funding and its business planning and efficiency, including the level of resource it needs to deliver its priorities.

The Framework Document between the department and the OfS can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1129117/OfS_framework_document.pdf.

The document sets out the governance framework within which the OfS and the department operate, and the OfS’s core responsibilities, including in relation to financial matters.