Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans for a post-covid-19 review of the performance of the Office for Students.

The performance of the OfS is closely monitored at all times by the department and its board, as set out in the framework document between the OfS and the department and in line with the ‘Partnerships with arm's length bodies: code of good practice’.

The framework document between the OfS and the department is available here: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/189e6e2a-65eb-4cc5-9ad3-bfb149185b69/ofs-framework-document-review-2019.pdf. The ‘Partnerships with arm's length bodies: code of good practice’ is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/partnerships-with-arms-length-bodies-code-of-good-practice.