Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that all Level 4 and Level 5 qualifications are eligible for the same funding by moving HNDs and HNCs from higher education funding to advanced learning loans.

Last summer the Department consulted on the expansion and future development of further education advanced learning loans, including a proposal to transfer Higher National Certificates and Diplomas from higher education to further education funding to bring them within scope of loans. Decisions on the development of loans and on the future positioning of Higher Nationals will be announced in the Government’s response to the consultation.