Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps she has taken to support universities with funding challenges.

To support universities in stabilising their financial positions, the Office for Students (OfS) will continue dedicating significant resources to ensuring the sector's financial sustainability. The department has appointed Professor Edward Peck as the substantive Chair of the OfS, where he will play a key role in strengthening this commitment while also expanding opportunities in higher education (HE).

Additionally, we have made the difficult decision to increase tuition fee limits by 3.1% for the 2025/26 academic year, aligning with inflation.

The department will outline its plans for HE reform in the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, set to be published this summer.