Written questions

Higher Education and Home Office: Sexual Offences

Commons · Question 28462 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) higher education institutions in England on reducing the number of instances of sexual assault reported in those inst

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 12 Feb 2025

There is no place for sexual misconduct of any kind in higher education (HE) or anywhere else. The department expects university leaders to take positive action to tackle this blight wherever it grows on their campuses. To support universities to stamp ou...