Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of sixth form places in the London Borough of Havering.

The department launched a second round of the post-16 capacity fund in September 2022. This made up to £140 million available to provide additional capacity in 16-19 providers, in areas where there is due to be a demographic increase in students in September 2024 and there is not enough existing capacity to accommodate that increase. We will announce the outcome this spring. Successful projects are expected to complete and accommodate additional students from September 2024.

Havering Sixth Form Campus is part of New City College, and supports a wide range of learning options for 16-18 year olds in the borough, as promoted by our further education skills reform agenda, more employment focused learning, technical education through T Levels, and a wide range of apprenticeships.