questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled New powers to protect vital free speech at universities, published on 20 April 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the level of fines on the financial sustainability of higher education providers.
answerText: The government, through regulations, sets the parameters within which the Office for Students (OfS) can impose monetary penalties on registered providers. The OfS is an independent regulator, responsible for the regulatory decisions it makes, including th...
heading: Academic Freedom: Fines