Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his planned timetable is for making a decision on funding for Leeds City College to replace the Enfield site and College House with a new building in Mabgate.

Leeds City College and the project to replace the Enfield site and College House, with a new building in Mabgate, was announced as ‘approved in principle’ following the college’s successful application to the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund. Department officials have met with the college to seek further assurance on some elements of their plans to help ensure the investment is value for money and will provide appropriately sized facilities to support local demand for further education and vocational training.

A decision will be made in due course and notified to the college. We expect this to be in the next two weeks.