Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for sixth form education.

The Government keeps the level of funding for all public services under regular review.

We have invested an additional £400 million for our sixth forms and colleges next year – the single biggest increase in a year for a decade.

The Government has paid grant funded Further Education providers, including sixth forms, their scheduled payments throughout the 2019-20 academic year. We are ensuring that disruption this year does not affect future funding allocations for providers.

Decisions on departmental spending beyond 2020-21 will be taken as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review, which will be published in the autumn.