Part of The Secretary of State Was Asked – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 February 2017.
Robert Halfon
Minister of State (Department of Education) (Apprenticeships and Skills)
12:00,
6 February 2017
I am proud that we have equalised funding between sixth-form colleges and further education colleges, and that we have protected the base rate of spending for FE students and will be spending £7 billion this year on further education. We have funding pressures, as the hon. Gentleman knows, but we are doing everything we can to invest in our skills and education.
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