Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of reductions in funding for arts courses in higher education on the provision of those courses.

Tabled: 26 October 2021Answered: 1 November 2021

Asked by

Dame Chi Onwurah

LabourNewcastle upon Tyne Central and West

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Ashley Dalton)

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