Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, regarding the Charity Commission’s statutory inquiry into the sale of the City & Guilds of London Institute, whether they will examine the conduct of the Executive and Trustee Board throughout the sale.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales announced, on 9th January, that it had opened a statutory inquiry into City and Guilds of London Institute. The independent regulator is examining information about the charity’s sale of its City and Guilds awards operation to a private company in October 2025. The inquiry is looking at information provided by the charity to the Charity Commission regarding the sale, and the trustees’ decision making regarding the sale.

Anyone with relevant information about matters under investigation is encouraged to share it with the Charity Commission, and the Charity Commission has said that it may extend the scope of the inquiry if additional regulatory issues emerge. It is the Charity Commission’s policy, after it has concluded an inquiry, to publish a report detailing the issues examined, action taken, and the inquiry’s outcomes.