Written questions

Academic Freedom: Enforcement

Commons · Question 64535 · Tabled 2 Jul 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 10 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57348 on Universities: Freedom of Expression, what steps she has taken to ensure enforcement of those regulations.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 10 Jul 2025

The Office for Students (OfS) published regulatory advice on 19 June 2025, providing guidance to the higher education (HE) sector on how they should fulfil their free speech duties under the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 (the Act) and exam...