Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of student accommodation in England.

Higher education and private accommodation providers are autonomous. The department plays no direct role in the provision of student residential accommodation, whether the accommodation is managed by universities or private sector organisations.

Neither the Department for Education nor the Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities have made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of student accommodation in England. It is for local areas, through their Local Plans and in response to local needs and concerns, to determine the level of student accommodation required in their area.