Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to review the funding of sixth form colleges; and if he will make a statement.

There are no plans to formally review funding for Sixth Form Colleges but the government does recognise there are funding pressures within the 16 to 19 year olds education system. The government will continue to keep the question of 16 to 19 year olds funding under consideration as it does with all areas of expenditure.

We will conduct a major review of funding across tertiary education. In the Industrial Strategy, it was stated that this review will consider a range of specific issues within post-18 education.

The government will set out further details of the review shortly.