Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to determine the content and format of the transition year for learners who are not ready to embark upon a level 3 T Level programme; and when information on this will be shared with the awarding bodies.

The government wants to develop an effective transition offer to make sure that as many students as possible can complete T levels. We are currently working with providers and sector bodies to gather evidence on existing good practice of similar transition programmes to inform content and to consider how the transition offer can best be targeted. We will set out further information in due course and ahead of our phased implementation approach to the transition offer once the first T levels are introduced in 2020.