Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the lifelong learning pilots announced in the Spring 2017 Budget, when funding for the pilots will be allocated; how the criteria used to determine that allocation funding will be allocated; and what the timetable is for the delivery of that funding.

The Government allocated £40m at the Spring Budget to create career learning pilots to help individuals up-skill and re-skill throughout their working lives. These pilots are helpful in understanding how best to inform adults of the opportunities and benefits to such training. Details of the implementation of the pilots will be set out in due course.