Oral Answers to Questions

Baroness Chapman of Darlington Excerpts

Tuesday 10th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[Jenny Chapman (Darlington) (Lab)]

What impact does the Secretary of State think cutting the funding for further education colleges by 40% might have on the availability and quality of apprenticeships?

[Sajid Javid]

I speak as someone who went to an FE college, and no one needs to tell me about their huge importance up and down the country. My priority is to make them stronger, and one way we are going to do that is through local area reviews, which will look at local need.