Question follow-through · 28784
Sixth Form Colleges: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason designated sixth form colleges are not receiving the same funding for staff pay awards as sixth form college academies.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
4 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason designated sixth form colleges are not receiving the same funding for staff pay awards as sixth form college academies.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Feb 2025
Answer published
The government is committed to ensuring there is a thriving post-16 sector, which is vital to our missions to break down the barriers to opportunity and boost economic growth.Sixth form colleges (SFCs), rather than government, are responsible for setting ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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