Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the interaction between the Temporary Repatriation Facility (TRF) and the Transfer of Assets Abroad rules, and whether that could affect the revenue the OBR forecast from the TRF.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

Interactions between the Temporary Repatriation Facility and the Transfer of Assets Abroad legislation were taken into consideration throughout policy development of the Temporary Repatriation Facility and the drafting of the legislation. The Government amended the Finance Bill to include an amendment to the Transfer of Assets Abroad legislation, ensuring that the interactions work as intended.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the availability of post-16 provision in Liverpool Walton.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The department is working closely with Liverpool City Council and local general further education (FE) colleges to ensure there is sufficient post-16 provision in Liverpool Walton and the wider city region.

In October 2025, we published the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper, setting out our reforms to the skills system in England, which will develop the skilled workforce our economy needs.

Reforms include the introduction of V Levels to sit alongside A and T Levels, the Further Study pathway, designed to support students to progress onto V, T or A levels and also the Occupational pathway which will support students to develop the skills needed to progress into employment or an apprenticeship.

Liverpool Walton students will continue to access high quality post-16 education through school sixth forms, specialised alternative providers and outstanding FE colleges and universities within the city region.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what capital funding is available to education providers in Liverpool Walton seeking to increase post-16 education and training capacity.

Answered by Josh MacAlister - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

In December 2025, the government announced that almost half of the £375 million Post‑16 Capacity Fund would be devolved to strategic authorities to support further education colleges, sixth‑form colleges and 16 to 19 academies in expanding estate capacity to meet the demographic increase in learners. Devolved areas have broad scope to design their post-16 capacity programmes to meet local needs and best deliver the increase in capacity.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) has received a share of this devolved funding. It will be for LCRCA to determine which projects best deliver the increased 16 to 19 capacity in their area. They will have until 2029/30 to deploy this funding and deliver the additional places.

Found: Aphra Brandreth (Conservative; Chester South and Eddisbury) Phil Brickell (Labour; Bolton West) Dan Carden