Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 101937
Universities: Finance
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Ian Sollom
Liberal Democrat — St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings her Department has held with commercial lenders to discuss the finances of higher education institutions in each year since 2020.
Answer
Josh MacAlisterThe department meets regularly with a variety of stakeholders to hear their views on the English higher education sector. This includes commercial lenders, given that the sector’s external borrowing totalled £13.3 billion in 2023/24.