Robert Halfon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Robert Halfon on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to visit university technical colleges.

Elizabeth Truss

The Secretary of State for Education visited JCB Academy shortly before that university technical college (UTC) opened. Lord Nash has visited both Hackney and Aston UTCs since his appointment as an Education Minister. Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock, recently visited South Devon UTC, which has now been approved for pre-opening.

This Government has already opened 17 UTCs, and approved a further 33 for pre-opening. These UTCs are introducing innovative ways of combining academic subjects with high quality technical education giving young people the skills and experience that industry wants.

The Secretary of State regularly visits all types of schools and plans to visit a UTC in due course.