Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 16 June 2026Answered: 22 June 2026

Asked by

Ian Sollom

Liberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

Bridget Phillipson

Since coming into government, we have reformed the regulator to make sure there is a sharper focus on financial sustainability, and there is a new chair who is taking that work forward. The case that the hon. Member refers to covered many years. He will appreciate that there are limitations on what I can say about it, but he should be assured that we want strong regulation of our universities that is most effective in ensuring they can uphold their responsibilities while remaining financially viable.