To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, if any, with the Office for Students concerning whether, and if so what, disciplinary action was taken by King’s College London (KCL) following the disruption by protesters of a speech by Dan Meridor at KCL on 12 February.
Answered on
9 April 2018
The Office for Students (OfS) only became operational on the 1 April 2018, so any discussions before that date would have taken place with its predecessor body, the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE).
Officials in the Department for Education (DfE) liaised with HEFCE colleagues in January 2016, in relation to the speech by Ami Ayalon to the Kings College London (KCL) Israel Society.
The department has not had discussions with HEFCE or the OfS concerning disciplinary actions taken with regard to the incidents that took place at KCL on 12 February and 5 March. In general, the OfS and DfE do not routinely discuss disciplinary actions, as this is matter for the institution.