{"value":{"id":1367098,"memberId":4613,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Higher and Further Education","uin":"HCWS385","dateMade":"2021-11-09T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","title":"Further Education Update","text":"<p>Today I am announcing details of the government’s capital investment of £83 million in 2021-22 to help eligible post-16 education providers[1] accommodate the expected demographic increase in 16 to 19-year-olds.</p><p>Thirty-nine post-16 education providers have been awarded a share of the multi-million capital funding for projects that will enable them to add extra capacity where there is a pressing need to ensure there are enough places in their local area to absorb an increase in 16 -19 learners. This investment will lead to providers being able to accommodate an extra 14,000 learners. We launched a bidding round for the funding on 18 May 2021. These post 16 education providers will be able to develop new high quality flexible buildings and facilities, to ensure there will be sufficient places for 16 - 19 learners in their areas to gain the skills they need to progress and help the economy to grow.</p><p>The 39 education providers which will benefit from Post 16 capacity funding are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Post 16 education provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Post 16 education provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Aston University Engineering Academy</li></ul></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><ul><li>Kirklees College</li></ul></td><td><p>Kirklees</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Barton Peveril Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><ul><li>Long Road Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Bedford College</li></ul></td><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><ul><li>Luminate Education Group</li></ul></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Bilborough Sixth Form College (Better Futures MAT)</li></ul></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><ul><li>Luton Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Luton</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Brockenhurst College</li></ul></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><ul><li>Milton Keynes College</li></ul></td><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Christ the King Sixth Form</li></ul></td><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><ul><li>New College Pontefract (New Collaborative Learning Trust)</li></ul></td><td><p>Wakefield</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Cirencester College</li></ul></td><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><ul><li>Notre Dame Catholic Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Leeds</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>City of Stoke on Trent Sixth Form College (Potteries Educational Trust)</li></ul></td><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><ul><li>Peter Symonds College</li></ul></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>City of Wolverhampton College</li></ul></td><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><ul><li>Portsmouth College</li></ul></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Dixons Sixth Form Academy (Dixons Academies Trust)</li></ul></td><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><ul><li>Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Darlington</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Durham Sixth Form Centre</li></ul></td><td><p>County Durham</p></td><td><ul><li>Ron Dearing University Technical College</li></ul></td><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>East Kent College Group</li></ul></td><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><ul><li>Runshaw College</li></ul></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Hereford Sixth Form College (Heart of Mercia Academy Trust)</li></ul></td><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><ul><li>Sandwell College</li></ul></td><td><p>Sandwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Hills Road Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><ul><li>St Francis Xavier Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Huddersfield New College</li></ul></td><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><ul><li>St Vincent College (Lighthouse Learning Trust)</li></ul></td><td><p>Hampshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Inspire Education Group</li></ul></td><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><ul><li>Suffolk New College</li></ul></td><td><p>Suffolk</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Itchen Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><ul><li>TEC Partnership</li></ul></td><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>John Leggott College</li></ul></td><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><ul><li>The Henley College</li></ul></td><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td></tr><tr><td><ul><li>Joseph Chamberlain 6th Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><ul><li>Woking College</li></ul></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><ul><li>Wyke Sixth Form College</li></ul></td><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This investment should be seen in the wider context of our reforms to further education. The White Paper ‘<a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-for-jobs-lifelong-learning-for-opportunity-and-growth\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Skills for Jobs Lifelong Learning for Opportunity and Growth</em></a><em>'</em> sets out our vision of enabling everyone to get the high-quality skills employers need in a way that suits them. The reforms set out plans to transform technical education, boost UK productivity, build back better from the Coronavirus pandemic, and create a more prosperous country for all.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Eligible education providers that could apply to this fund were: FE colleges, designated institutions, Sixth Form Colleges, 16-19 academies, including free schools, UTCs, Studio schools and Maths schools.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":5,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1367106,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2021-11-09T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1367098","method":"GET"}]}