Higher Education: Finance
Commons · Question 111593 · Tabled 6 Feb 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of funding undergraduate courses that do not lead to sustained graduate-level employment.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 16 Feb 2026
All first-degree subjects typically lead to high rates of sustained employment, with Longitudinal Education Outcomes data showing that the proportion of graduates in “sustained employment with or without further study” five years after graduation ranges f...