Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the money pledged by the Government in January 2017 for institutes of technology and schools will in part be allocated for aerospace and aviation engineering.

Institutes of Technology will harness the expertise of employers, both in leadership and design of the curriculum, to help fill local skills gaps. They will specialise in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths subjects at higher levels and be aligned to the new technical routes set out in the Skills Plan, including engineering and manufacturing. We will set out next steps on the process for establishing Institute of Technology shortly.