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Debate between Anum Qaisar and Robert Halfon
Monday 12th June 2023

(1 year, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anum Qaisar Portrait Ms Anum Qaisar (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
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T2. Data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency reveals that, despite achieving the same level of qualification, the salaries of first-class female graduates were £2,000 lower than those of their male counterparts. What steps is the Minister taking to foster women’s workplace progression once they leave university?

Robert Halfon Portrait The Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education (Robert Halfon)
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The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that male graduates earn more than £130,000 over their lifetime and female graduates £100,000, so graduates are coming out of university with good wages, and we know that more disadvantaged students are going to university than ever before.