Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the adult education budget in England was spent on access to higher education courses for 19–24 year olds in 2015–16.
We estimate that there were 13,000 funded learners aged 19-24 who participated in Access to higher education (HE) courses in the 2015-2016 academic year in England through the adult skills budget. £37 million of the adult skills budget has been spent on delivering Access to HE courses.