Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will take steps to work closely with the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) in order that funds, initiatives and guidance from DHSC take into account that some specialist further educational collages are also care providers.

Specialist further education (FE) colleges that offer residential adult social care provision are required to register with the Care Quality Commission. Therefore, they are covered by funding and guidance for the adult social care sector issued by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

The department works closely with DHSC, where issues arise that affect the delivery of educational and care provision in specialist FE.