Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress the Government has made on introducing a Takaful-based university fee funding structure.

The government has been considering an Alternative Student Finance product carefully alongside wider reforms to the higher education system and will provide an update alongside the conclusion to the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding. The interim conclusion of the Review of Post-18 Education and Funding was published on 21 January 2021, and we will conclude the Review in full at a future date.