Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on providing ESOL courses in the city of Hull in each year since 2010.

The table shows how much was spent from the Adult Skills Budget on ESOL courses in the city of Hull in each year since the 2011/12 academic year:

Note:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000
- Data is based on funding estimated from course type and learner characteristics held on the Individualised Learner Records, and may differ from actual spend

- Geography is based on the learner’s postcode

ESOL provision is funded through the Adult Skills Budget and this budget has been maintained for the core adult skills participation budgets in cash terms at £1.5bn. Colleges and training providers continue to have the freedom and flexibility to determine how they use their AEB, working with LEPs and local commissioners to determine what the appropriate distribution of funding should be to best meet local needs. It is, therefore, the responsibility of providers to plan which ESOL courses they deliver locally, within their resources.