Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has for the funding of (a) all post-16 education, (b) sixth forms and (c) further education colleges; and if she will make a statement.

The Education Funding Agency wrote to all 16-19 institutions in October regarding our plans for announcing funding for 2015/16. We plan to confirm the national funding rate for 2015/16 in January 2015, as soon as we have early data on student numbers in 2014/15.

After the national funding rate is confirmed, notification of individual institutions' budgets for 2015/16 (which will be based around the national funding rate) will be sent out in February or March.

The level of funding for education of 16- to 19-year-olds beyond 2015/16 will be subject to the Government’s next spending review.