Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, will he will make it his policy to extend the provisions of the pupil premium to disadvantaged students moving from secondary to further education.

The national funding formula for 16 to 19 year olds includes extra funding for disadvantaged students. This is provided to institutions specifically for students with low prior attainment or for students who live in the most disadvantaged areas.

In the period 2017 to 2018, around £520 million was allocated to provide extra support to disadvantaged students. We also provided student support funding to help disadvantaged young people to access education and training.