Crafts: Vocational Education

(asked on 13th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the current status is of funding for level 2 and level 3 building crafts and other heritage craft skills diploma courses; and whether they will reinstate level 3 funding for courses including stone masonry and joinery.


Answered by
Baroness Smith of Malvern Portrait
Baroness Smith of Malvern
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 27th January 2026

On 12 January 2026, the department’s consultation on post-16 pathways at level 3 and below closed. We are currently reviewing the responses and will provide a government response in due course and set out how we will transition to the new system.

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