Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications there were for new university technical colleges in each year since 2010; and how many such applications were accepted in each such year.

The Department publishes information on University Technical College (UTC) applications at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/utcs-and-studio-schools-open-schools-and-applications-received.

The Department publishes a list of all free schools, including UTCs: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free-schools-open-schools-and-successful-applications.

Information about the current UTC application round will be published in due course.