Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Smith of Malvern on 12 September (HL Deb col 1717–51), when the Office for Students will receive the auditors' report it commissioned on market exits; and whether the main findings will be published.

The objective of the Office for Students’ (OfS) tender is to procure for services to evaluate the financial health and the management and governance capability of higher education providers to ensure that the interests of students are safeguarded throughout any financial adjustments or transition, including potential market exits.

The OfS are currently evaluating the bids to this tender and are not in a position to provide further information at this time.