Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will provide a regional breakdown of those firms and institutions that are currently competing to partner with the National College Creative Industries at each stage of the selection process.

The National College for Creative and Cultural Industries does not currently deliver its provision through any other partners. It works with a large number of employers in the sector to develop its offer. Regarding the regional breakdown of those institutions involved in each stage of the selection process, Yorkshire and the Humber and the West Midlands both have one expression of interest and London and the South East both have two expressions of interest.

The opportunity to partner with the National College for Creative and Cultural Industries was only advertised on the college’s website.

The criteria used to evaluate expressions of interest were based on the headings within the Expressions of Interest application form, which was completed by interested institutions.