Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 30565

Universities: Pay

Tabled: 11 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Julian Lewis

ConservativeNew Forest East

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission an assessment of the value for money of vice-chancellors’ salaries in universities which are in receipt of public money.

Answer

Janet Daby
Higher education (HE) providers are independent and therefore responsible for decisions around pay, including for Vice-Chancellors and other senior staff. The government does not have a role in intervening in pay and staffing matters.The department acknow...

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