Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much has been spent on the opening of university technical colleges that have since been closed.

As last week’s Budget demonstrates, the Government is determined to ensure every child has access to a good school place and is given the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

The best university technical colleges (UTC) are providing excellent technical and professional education. We are strengthening the UTC programme to make it more sustainable, including partnerships with successful secondary schools, establishing more UTCs as part of multi-academy trusts, and doing more to raise parent and pupil awareness.

Three UTCs have closed after opening whilst a further UTC, Royal Greenwich, ceased to be a UTC and became an 11-18 secondary school in September 2016.

The capital and pre-opening revenue expenditure for each of the closures is as follows: