Higher Education: China
Commons · Question 94496 · Tabled 25 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding her Department has provided for higher education programmes involving Chinese (a) military institutions, and (b) companies connected to the military.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 11 Dec 2025
The department has not received any representations from UK universities on funding partnerships with Chinese military institutions or companies connected to the military.Universities are independent from government, and it is their responsibility to asse...