Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to publish a response to the feedback on his consultation on the implementation of T-level programmes; and if he will ensure that his response is sufficiently detailed to enable the sector to prepare effectively for the introduction of T-levels in 2020.

We ran a public consultation from 30 November 2017 to 8 February 2018 to obtain views on the major aspects of our proposals for implementing T levels. This involved publishing our proposals online, alongside a survey for respondents to complete. The consultation generated 430 responses from a wide range of organisation types and individuals, spanning educational institutions, industry, awarding organisations, representative bodies, local authorities and others. We also held a series of ten consultation events around the country, with over 500 people attending. We are carefully reviewing all responses to the consultation, and will publish a response in due course.

We are planning to introduce the first three T levels from September 2020 and will shortly be announcing the providers who will be delivering these. In the 2017 Spring Budget, we announced further funding, rising to £500 million a year, to cover the additional taught hours and industry placement requirements for T levels. We will be asking providers to complete a data collection about their plans to implement T levels, which we will use to develop a programme of support that will be made available to all providers.