Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Kevin Foster Excerpts
Monday 14th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anne Milton Portrait Anne Milton
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The hon. Gentleman was shaking his head, but perhaps he just had a fly buzzing around his ears.

We are looking at resilience. I was at Leicester College last week—it was a fabulous visit to a fabulous college—and, interestingly, it said that employers and universities are now coming to it. The opportunities for FE colleges to generate income through apprenticeships and the apprenticeship levy have never been better.

Kevin Foster Portrait Kevin Foster (Torbay) (Con)
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The Minister will be aware that work has now started on the new £17 million high-tech and skills centre at South Devon College in Paignton. Does she agree that this funding makes the college the ideal place to be one of the first to deliver T-levels?

Anne Milton Portrait Anne Milton
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I do not want to jump a stage in the announcements, but I have to say that South Devon College is clearly doing a wonderful job putting in that new facility and, I have no doubt, working very closely with local employers.