Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to increase the funding available for full-time education and training for 18 to 25-year-olds.

The Government is committed to ensuring that young people and adults have access to the education and training opportunities they need to develop skills, progress into employment and support economic growth.

Young people aged 16 to 19 can access funded education and training through the 16 to 19 funding system or through apprenticeship funding. For adults, publicly funded opportunities are available through a range of programmes, including the Adult Skills Fund (ASF), apprenticeships, Skills Bootcamps and higher education student finance.

The Government keeps funding arrangements for education and skills under review and continues to work across the skills system to improve opportunities for young people and adults to access high-quality education and training.