Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to increase the national funding rate for sixth form students.

We have protected the base rate of funding for 16 to 19 year olds for all types of providers until the end of the current spending review period in 2020. As with other areas of departmental spending, 16 to 19 funding for subsequent years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review.