Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department provides guidance to further education institutions on the sale of land for student accommodation to private developers.

Further Education Colleges were incorporated as independent institutions in 1993, taking ownership of their land, buildings and reserves from local authorities. As independent institutions, they are responsible for managing their own estates in accordance with the Further Education Colleges Financial Memorandum. The Education and Skills Funding Agency does not have any role in decisions made to sell assets other than managing previous capital grant investment, where applicable.