Derek Twigg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Derek Twigg on 2016-07-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to the public purse has been to date of the area-based reviews of post-16 education in England.

Robert Halfon

Area reviews are designed to deliver a further education system that meets the economic and educational needs of areas, whilst also ensuring the long term sustainability of colleges to support productivity. The Department and its agencies are undertaking this work without any additional staffing. Additional costs have, therefore, been minimal. Where they have arisen, they have been met by reprioritising existing resources. This has included providing access to additional advice and support from the Further Education and Sixth Form College Commissioners and their teams.