Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on adult education (a) participation and (b) outcomes by ethnic group since 2021.

The ethnicity of adult (19+) further education and skills learners (self-declared) is recorded on the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) and published by the Department in the further education and skills statistics publication at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills. Learner income is not recorded on the ILR. Participation by ethnicity group for the 2020/21 and 2021/22 academic years is shown here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a35b0db5-e926-43b0-1a51-08dbb99e3fd8. The full year figures for the 2022/23 academic year will be published in November 2023.

Further education outcomes are published annually, including employment and further learning destinations and earnings outcomes available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/methodology/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures. Users can break down measures to view those of learners with specific ethnicities. The publication contains information on earnings post-learning but does not include breakdowns by learner income prior to or during learning.

The most recent published data relates to adult learners who achieved their qualification in the 2019/20 and their destinations in the following academic year. Outcomes by ethnic group for adults achieving in 2019/20 are shown here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/57c83f1d-2fbd-4999-5a54-08dbb9ac4483. Data for 2020/21 achievers will be available in November 2023.