Higher Education: Finance
Commons · Question 117320 · Tabled 3 Mar 2026 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of tuition fee-based funding model for higher education.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 11 Mar 2026
Around £10.8 billion in tuition fee loans administered by the Student Loans Company were paid directly to higher education providers in the 2024/25 financial year.To provide long-term funding certainty for the sector, so that it can focus on reform, we wi...