Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 81433

Universities: Cost Effectiveness

Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Adam Thompson

LabourErewash

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the assessment of the value for money of Government funding for universities.

Answer

Josh MacAlister
The government has commissioned the Institute for Fiscal Studies to update their 2020 research report on the impact of undergraduate degrees on lifetime earnings, and this will be published in early 2026.The 2020 research suggests that higher education (H...

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