Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Nash on 27 July (HL733) and 9 August (HL734), whether they will now answer the question and list those establishments which were eligible to apply to participate in the Teaching Excellence Framework, but which declined to join this voluntary process.

As we have previously stated, the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a voluntary process and the Government, therefore, does not keep a record of providers who have chosen not to participate.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England, who are responsible for delivering the TEF, have published a list of providers who received ratings on their website: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/tefoutcomes/.