Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the financial sustainability of Middlesex University.

The Office for Students (OfS), as the independent regulator of higher education (HE) in England, collects and analyses financial data from HE providers, as well as other intelligence, to ensure they have an up to date understanding of the sustainability of the sector.  In their most recent report on the financial health of the HE sector, which was published in May 2023, the OfS stated that the overall aggregate financial position of the sector is sound.

The full report can be found here: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/media/0b7d9daa-d6c7-477e-a0b2-b90985d0f935/financial-sustainability-report-2023-updated-june-2023.pdf.

The department continues to work closely with the OfS, HE representative bodies, as well as other government departments, where appropriate, to understand the ongoing financial sustainability in the sector.

Middlesex University’s most recent financial statement can be found here: https://www.mdx.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/770102/MDX_Financial_Statements_2022-2023.pdf.