Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department has taken to make additional provision for adult education in places where centres such as Learn Direct are being closed down.

Learndirect is one of many providers delivering training, particularly English and Maths qualifications. The Skills Funding Agency anticipates that in geographic areas in which learndirect is reducing provision, other providers offering the same provision will engage with communities and local partners to meet geographic need.