To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the
local authorities in (a) City of Bristol, (b) Camden, (c) Haringey, (d) Kingston upon
Thames, (e) Richmond upon Thames, (f) Southwark, (g) Stockport and (h) Surrey on capital
funding for additional state school sixth form places above those planned before July
2024.
<p>Local authorities have broad duties to encourage, enable and assist young people
to participate in education or training. This includes a duty to secure enough suitable
education and training provision to meet the reasonable needs of all young people
in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19 or aged 19 or over and
for whom an education, health and care plan is maintained. As regards sixth form places,
if approached by a local authority, the department will discuss options with them
to support them to meet their statutory duties.</p><p> </p><p>The post-16 capacity
fund provides funding to schools and colleges, including in Stockport and Surrey,
to ensure there is enough capital capacity in schools and colleges to accommodate
the demographic increases in 16 to 19 learners. It has made available £238 million
in capital funding since 2021.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many funded enrolments there were
on each of the courses for 16 to 19 year olds that will have funding withdrawn after
1 August 2024 in each financial year since 2021-22.
<p>The exact information requested is not published. Data on the number of enrolments
in the 2020/21 academic year, funded through 16 to 19 study programmes on each of
the qualifications that will be defunded from 1 August 2024, is published here: <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualifications-that-overlap-with-t-levels"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/qualifications-that-overlap-with-t-levels</a>.</p><p>
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