Nicholas Dakin
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(13 years, 5 months ago)
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Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
Will the full survey of the school estate include sixth-form colleges, and can they bid for capital support under the new private finance initiative scheme?
Michael Gove
We want to make sure that all schools are capable of bidding under the scheme, and we want to make sure that the gateway into such bidding is fair. I will come back to the hon. Gentleman to make sure that there are no anomalies that mean that any institution that educates children is excluded for any reason. I shall seek to work with him, given his experience as a distinguished former further education principal.