Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the £25 million funding for T levels announced in the Spending Round 2019 will be allocated.

The £25 million represents the difference in funding for T levels in 2020-21 compared with 2019-20. This additional funding will support delivery of the first 3 T levels from 2020. It will also enable funding for providers and employers to deliver industry placements and to further build their capacity for these placements across all technical routes.

In addition, some of the funding will be allocated via the Early Adopter Development Fund to the early providers in recognition of the costs associated with engaging in co-design of the qualifications and working with the department on T level and transition framework policy development.