Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether it is her policy to set up at least one new institute of technology in the UK, dedicated to world-leading digital skills and developed and run in partnership with the technology industry.

As Institutes of Technology are the responsibility of the Department for Education, I am replying to this question. As part of our Industrial Strategy, we will launch a call for proposals to establish new Institutes of Technology later this year, which will enable more young people to take the advanced technical qualifications needed for the high skills, high wage jobs of the future. Further details on the specific requirements will be published in due course.