Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the Department for Education's guidance regarding the provision of advanced learner loan facility agreements to fully-accredited private sector ‘teaching English as a foreign language’ providers.

A training provider may apply for an Advanced Learner Loans (ALLs) funding agreement, which may be granted if they meet the applicable criteria, including demonstrating historic delivery of adult skills fund or apprenticeships funding agreements. Further details are available in the published funding rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/advanced-learner-loans-funding-rules-2024-to-2025/advanced-learner-loans-funding-rules-2024-to-2025.

Currently, two level 5 Certificates in Teaching English as a Foreign Language are eligible for ALLs. According to departmental records, private training providers have not delivered these qualifications.

Training providers with an ALLs funding agreement can deliver any qualification designated for ALLs funding. There are no plans to change the guidance on this.