Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education of 7 September 2020, Official Report, column 349, on Further Education College Finances, if he will publish a list of the 40 further education colleges officials of his Department are working with to help structure their finances.

The department does not release information on specific colleges we are working with as this is commercially sensitive.

Where colleges are expecting that they will face financial pressures, the Education and Skills Funding Agency and Further Education Commissioner teams are working directly with the college to ensure that there is the right support in place and that learners are protected.