Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2017 to Question 109926, how much her Department spent marketing advanced learner loans in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

Since the introduction of loans, training providers have been offered a toolkit to help them develop their communications with potential loan-funded learners. The latest toolkit is available via: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-24-advanced-learning-loans-toolkit..

In total, the Government invested circa. £24,000 in 2014-15 and circa. £71,000 in 2015-16 in materials for training providers to use, including leaflets and media. There has been no additional outlay for 2016-17 but the Student Loans Company and Education and Skills Funding Agency are continuing to provide a support service to all training providers.