This government is committed to ensuring that students in post-16 education have access to a high quality suite of qualifications that are easy to choose from and that provide the best chances for progression into higher study, or into a skilled job. The department firmly believes that A levels and T Levels are the best route at Level 3 to achieving those outcomes, supported by a range of Alternative Academic Qualifications and Technical Occupational Qualifications that are necessary, high quality and have a clear purpose.<\/p>
<\/p>
The scale and complexity of the qualifications landscape means it is hard for students to make good choices about what they study. The qualifications currently funded do not consistently offer good progression outcomes and the department\u2019s reforms are designed to fix this problem. The department\u2019s new technical qualifications are based on the Institute for Apprenticeships And Technical Education\u2019s employer led occupational standards, which means that young people can be confident they are studying the skills, knowledge and behaviours that employers need.<\/p>
<\/p>
An impact assessment was undertaken to consider the post-16 reforms at Level 3 as a whole. It can be read here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1091841/Revised_Review_of_post-16_qualifications_at_level_3_in_England_impact_assessment.pdf<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> An additional impact assessment, which is the most recent assessment produced, was conducted on the Wave 1 and 2 overlap list, which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6421be532fa8480013ec0c23/EIA_updated_final_wave_1_2_T_Level_overlap_inc_Health_and_Science.pdf<\/a>. These waves correlate to the qualifications defunded as of August 1 2024.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Qualifications that overlap with T Levels, updated on 29 March 2023, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the withdrawal of funding for new starts for (a) BTEC and (b) other level 3 qualifications overlapping with T levels from 1 August 2024 on students in further education.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1678471/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department is investing an additional £185 million in the 2023/24 financial year and £285 million in the 2024/25 financial year to drive forward skills delivery in the further education sector. This funding is to help colleges and other providers to address their key priorities, particularly tackling recruitment and retention issues in high-value subject areas that are critical to the economy.<\/p> The above investment is in addition to the £125 million of funding made available in the 2023/24 financial year to boost the national 16 to 19 funding rate and subject-specific funding.<\/p> <\/p> In the 2023/24 academic year, the department is applying a 2.2% increase to the final earnings for all adult education budget (AEB) formula-funded provision, excluding associated learner and learning support. In addition, the department is applying a 20% boost on top of earnings for all AEB formula-funded provision in six sector subject areas, including: Engineering, Manufacturing Technologies, Transport Operations and Maintenance, Building and Construction, ICT for Practitioners, and Mathematics and Statistics.<\/p> <\/p> The department will make an initial downpayment over the next two years ahead of introducing the Advanced British Standard, with funding benefiting further education as follows:<\/p> - An additional investment of around £150 million each year to support those who do not pass mathematics and English GCSE at 16 to gain these qualifications. This will particularly benefit further education colleges, who play a vital role in helping close the attainment gap by 19.<\/p> - An increase in funding to colleges and schools so they can deliver maths to more students aged over 16, increasing the Core Maths and Advanced Maths Premium and investing in a digital platform for tutoring in Core Maths. In total this is £60 million of additional funding for maths education over the next two years of which further education institutions will potentially be able to benefit from the Core Maths Premium and Advanced Maths Premium.<\/p> - To improve the recruitment and retention of teachers of key shortage subjects around £100 million will be invested each year to double the rates of the Levelling Up Premium and expand it to cover all further education colleges. All teachers who are in the first five years of their career, teaching shortage subjects and working in disadvantaged schools and all further education colleges, will be paid up to £6,000 per year tax-free.<\/p> Since reclassification, £884 million of capital funding has been confirmed for further education colleges and designated institutions to fund condition improvement, expansion and the provision of specialist equipment and facilities. Some capital programmes have wider eligibility to also include sixth form colleges and other statutory sixth form providers.<\/p> The department has also opened the college capital loans scheme in April to enable capital projects reliant on commercial borrowing to proceed as planned.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what additional funding has been made available to further education colleges since their reclassification as public sector organisations in November 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1678394/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Colleges and other further education (FE) providers are responsible for setting the pay of their teaching and support staff. The government plays no role in this process.<\/p> The department is investing an additional £185 million in the 2023/2024 financial year and £285 million in the 2024/25 financial year to drive forward skills delivery in the further education sector.<\/p> This funding is to help colleges and other providers to address their key priorities, particularly tackling recruitment and retention issues in high-value subject areas critical to the economy.<\/p> This investment is being delivered via core 16 to 19 funding, including through boosting programme cost weightings for higher-cost subject areas, as well as increasing the per-student funding rate.<\/p> This investment is additional to the £125 million of funding the department has made available in the 2023/24 financial year to boost the national 16 to 19 funding rate and subject-specific funding. This means 16 to 19 providers are seeing a larger than expected increase to funding rates.<\/p> For the 2023/24 academic year, there is a 8.3% increase in the average 16 to 19 programme funding per student funding compared to the 2022/23 academic year.<\/p> The department is also delivering a programme to directly support the sector to recruit excellent staff, which includes a national recruitment campaign. The department is also strengthening and incentivising the uptake of initial teacher education, for example through teacher training bursaries in priority subjects worth up to £29,000 each, tax free for 2023/24.<\/p> To boost recruitment and retention of teachers, the department will give early career teachers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and technical shortage subjects, working in disadvantaged schools and colleges, up to £6,000 after tax annually on top of their pay. This will double the existing Levelling Up Premium paid to school teachers, and extend it to all FE colleges for the first time.<\/p> The Spending Review 2021 set out an investment of £3.8 billion in skills across this Parliament to enable learners to access the skills and training they need to transform their lives.<\/p> Each year, the department holds annual strategic conversations (ASCs) with each college in England where we meet the colleges senior leadership team. ASCs build upon the government\u2019s response to the recommendations made in Dame Mary Ney\u2019s Review of Financial Oversight of FE Colleges and the FE White Paper. Through the regular dialogue of ASCs and termly delivery conversations (TDCs), the department has established effective relationships with each of its statutory FE providers. This has enabled the department to develop a holistic view of each institution. With a clear focus on the priorities for development of skills provision, the ASCs and TDCs are informing both the department\u2019s deployment of advice and practical support to colleges, and its wider policy and decision making.<\/p> Investment is also continuing in leadership and management development, which supports retention of staff. The Further Education Commissioner and her team are supporting the sharing of effective practice to enable delivery to be as efficient as possible whilst remaining high quality.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1678395/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Colleges and other further education (FE) providers are responsible for setting the pay of their teaching and support staff. The government plays no role in this process.<\/p> The department is investing an additional £185 million in the 2023/2024 financial year and £285 million in the 2024/25 financial year to drive forward skills delivery in the further education sector.<\/p> This funding is to help colleges and other providers to address their key priorities, particularly tackling recruitment and retention issues in high-value subject areas critical to the economy.<\/p> This investment is being delivered via core 16 to 19 funding, including through boosting programme cost weightings for higher-cost subject areas, as well as increasing the per-student funding rate.<\/p> This investment is additional to the £125 million of funding the department has made available in the 2023/24 financial year to boost the national 16 to 19 funding rate and subject-specific funding. This means 16 to 19 providers are seeing a larger than expected increase to funding rates.<\/p> For the 2023/24 academic year, there is a 8.3% increase in the average 16 to 19 programme funding per student funding compared to the 2022/23 academic year.<\/p> The department is also delivering a programme to directly support the sector to recruit excellent staff, which includes a national recruitment campaign. The department is also strengthening and incentivising the uptake of initial teacher education, for example through teacher training bursaries in priority subjects worth up to £29,000 each, tax free for 2023/24.<\/p> To boost recruitment and retention of teachers, the department will give early career teachers in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and technical shortage subjects, working in disadvantaged schools and colleges, up to £6,000 after tax annually on top of their pay. This will double the existing Levelling Up Premium paid to school teachers, and extend it to all FE colleges for the first time.<\/p> The Spending Review 2021 set out an investment of £3.8 billion in skills across this Parliament to enable learners to access the skills and training they need to transform their lives.<\/p> Each year, the department holds annual strategic conversations (ASCs) with each college in England where we meet the colleges senior leadership team. ASCs build upon the government\u2019s response to the recommendations made in Dame Mary Ney\u2019s Review of Financial Oversight of FE Colleges and the FE White Paper. Through the regular dialogue of ASCs and termly delivery conversations (TDCs), the department has established effective relationships with each of its statutory FE providers. This has enabled the department to develop a holistic view of each institution. With a clear focus on the priorities for development of skills provision, the ASCs and TDCs are informing both the department\u2019s deployment of advice and practical support to colleges, and its wider policy and decision making.<\/p> Investment is also continuing in leadership and management development, which supports retention of staff. The Further Education Commissioner and her team are supporting the sharing of effective practice to enable delivery to be as efficient as possible whilst remaining high quality.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that increases in Further Education funding are used to (a) address recruitment and retention and (b) support colleges\u2019 abilities to deliver on skills policy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1654765", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1654765/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The 2019 and 2020 Spending Review settlements were based, in part, on the forecast of student numbers at that time. Similarly, the 2021 settlement was based on the number of students expected to be in 16 to 19 education in the 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 academic years.<\/p> The department bases allocations on lagged student numbers, which gives an appropriate allocation for each provider for the current year. We therefore fund the estimated number of students in the system each year, whether that be higher or lower than the number forecast, rather than allocate a defined budget.<\/p> All funding allocations are published, and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/16-to-19-education-funding-allocations#published-allocations<\/a>.<\/p> The department also publishes annual expenditure in the consolidated annual report and accounts, which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-annual-reports<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total underspend was in the 16-19 education budget for financial 2022-23; and if she will set out the value of underspends in that budget in each of the previous four financial years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1653673", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1653673/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " In January 2021, the government published the \u2018Skills for Jobs\u2019 White Paper, which sets out the department\u2019s vision for a skills system that supports people to access the skills required to progress their careers and access the jobs the economy needs. In the two years since the department published the White Paper, we have also published two consultations on funding and accountability reforms. The department sought views on the strategic aims and on more detailed technical aspects of our reforms.<\/p> The government\u2019s response to the second consultation, Skills for jobs: implementing a new further education funding and accountability system\u2019 has now been published, summarising the responses received and detailing the department\u2019s further education funding and accountability policy decisions. The government\u2019s response is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-a-new-fe-funding-and-accountability-system<\/a>.<\/p> On adult skills funding, the department\u2019s aims have been to simplify the system and improve the outcomes achieved with taxpayer investment. On funding, the department is ensuring that providers can use the Adult Skills Fund flexibly and has set out the outcomes that tailored learning should support. The department has also introduced five new skills funding bands, with sector subject areas at tier 2 level assigned to one of these bands with specialist land-based provision, and areas of high policy importance such as functional skills continuing to receive higher levels of funding.<\/p> The department is increasing investment in adult skills with additional funding for apprenticeships and adult training through the National Skills Fund alongside increased funding in 16-19 and £2.8 billion of capital funding. The new skills funding rates will boost funding for 78% of courses from the 2024/25 academic year. In the interim period, the department is increasing the funding providers can earn within the adult education budget. All formula funded provision will see a 2.2% increase each year with further increases of 20% for specific high value subjects and the new funding rates for 2024/25 reflect these increases. The mayoral combined authorities and Greater London Authority are free to use their adult education budget allocation as they see fit.<\/p> The department is increasing funding for providers in advance of the new funding rates, by increasing provider earnings for the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years, which were announced recently. The department is allowing providers to use a proportion of their Adult Skills Fund allocation to work with employers to develop new innovative provision that meets local skills needs. The department is also maintaining the existing system of funding for disadvantage, learning support and learner support.<\/p> The department is continuing to look at how it can simplify funding further for further education, particularly in light of reclassification. This will include looking at the number and complexity of data returns, coordination of activity across devolved and non-devolved bodies, and streamlining processes and rules to reduce burden.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the funding model for further education colleges; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1646381/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department does not hold this information, as it does not record or calculate the real terms changes to funding as requested.<\/p> There will be an extra £1.6 billion in 16-19 education by the 2024/25 financial year compared with 2021/22.<\/p> We are making a capital investment in skills over this Spending Review period of over £2.8 billion, to improve the condition of post-16 estate, provide new places in post-16 education, provide specialist equipment and facilities for T Levels, and deliver the commitment to 21 Institutes of Technology across England. This investment will ensure that colleges are able to deliver the skills that local areas need, including in key sectors like biosciences and green energy.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1642513/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department is committed to investing in 16 to 19 education, and to ensuring that further education is financially sustainable.<\/p> Throughout this Parliament, we have increased overall funding for the sector. An extra £1.6 billion was allocated for 16 to 19 education in 2024/25 compared with 2021/22, which is the largest increase in 16 to 19 funding in a decade.<\/p> In the 2023/24 financial year, the department will invest a further £125 million in increasing funding rates for 16 to 19 education, including a 2.2% increase in the national funding rate for the 2023/24 academic year to £4,642, and an increase in funding for specific high value subject areas in engineering, construction and digital, to help institutions with the additional costs of recruiting and retaining teachers in these vocational areas.<\/p> In addition, in February 2023, we announced a 10% increase to the national funding rates for T Levels (bands 6 to 9) specifically for the 2023/24 academic year. This is to recognise the extra cost for providers transitioning from study programmes to T Levels, and to support providers with growing their T Level offer.<\/p> To simplify funding arrangements, a national funding formula to calculate an allocation of funding to each institution for each academic year was put in place from 2013/14. Revisions have been made to the formula, but the core elements have been consistent.<\/p> While there are performance measures for 16 to 19 education and Ofsted judgements on its quality, no specific evaluation of overall 16 to 19 funding has been commissioned or is planned.<\/strong><\/p> More information about funding arrangements for 16 to 19-year-olds can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/funding-education-for-16-to-19-year-olds<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1641884/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The further education (FE) Condition Data Collection and Condition Data Collection covers the statutory FE sector, namely FE corporations and sixth form college corporations. Specialist post-16 institutions (SPIs) are not part of the statutory FE sector and therefore are not covered by Condition Data Collection surveys.<\/p> The department allocates condition funding to SPIs with ESFA-funded students to support them in keeping their buildings safe and well-maintained. In 2023/24, eligible SPIs were allocated £4,685,201 in school condition allocations (SCA) to invest in the condition of their buildings, and £831,874 in devolved formula capital for smaller capital projects.<\/p> To receive SCA, an SPI must be in receipt of revenue funding from ESFA for the relevant financial year. SPIs can choose how they spend their school condition allocations on improving and maintaining the condition of their buildings.<\/p> In 2022 to 2023, eligible schools and sixth-form colleges received an allocation from an additional £447 million of capital funding to improve buildings and facilities, prioritising energy efficiency. This was part of an additional £500 million of capital funding for schools and further education institutions in England. This funding was for institutions, including SPIs, that were eligible for devolved formula capital in 2022 to 2023.<\/p> The Spending Review 2021 announced a £2.8 billion capital investment in skills to improve the condition of post-16 estate, provide new places in post-16 education, provide specialist equipment and facilities for T Levels and deliver the commitment to 21 Institutes of Technology across England. Future FE capital funding is subject to the next Spending Review. The department keeps the capital needs of all post-16 education providers under review.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1603059/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The department does not routinely publish 16-19 enrolment data for individual qualifications. However, in the second stage consultation response on level 3 reforms, the department included enrolment estimates at 16-19 that could be impacted by the reforms to level 3 qualifications. This impact assessment is accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/review-of-post-16-qualifications-at-level-3-in-england<\/a>.<\/p> In the reformed system, students will be able to choose to study a T Level, a programme of A levels, a mixed study programmes of A levels and alternative academic or technical qualifications, or where there is no T Level coverage, a large alternative academic qualification. The department will publish the list of qualifications in May 2024 that have been approved for funding from 2025.<\/p>