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Universities: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1816301 |
| UIN: |
62648 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4743 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lee Anderson
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Lee Anderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Qatari funding on British universities. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4698 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Janet Daby
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| Answering Member handle: |
JanetDaby
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JanetDaby
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| Answer text: |
As autonomous bodies independent of government, it is for universities to decide on effective business models and to how to manage their finances. The sector is free to attract foreign investment, including from Qatar and China, which can and does make a ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |