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Debate between Laura Pidcock and Sam Gyimah
Monday 14th May 2018

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sam Gyimah Portrait Mr Gyimah
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Of the £1.3 billion of grant funding that the Higher Education Funding Council for England allocated to support teaching in higher education last year, £72 million went to part-time study. The Open University received £48 million of that, and 47,000 students have steady part-time courses there. We are supporting the OU. It is going through restructuring at the moment, but as I have often said, the review is looking at that and we will ensure that it continues to deliver excellent education for part-time students.

Laura Pidcock Portrait Laura Pidcock (North West Durham) (Lab)
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4. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth-form colleges.