Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of impact of increased material costs on the adequacy of funding made available through the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund.

On 4 April 2022, the department announced the colleges that were successful in the Further Education Capital Transformation Fund bidding process.

Each college has received a grant offer from the department. Most colleges will also be contributing match funding. It is for colleges to manage their condition improvement project within the available budget.

The department will monitor progress across all college projects.