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Further Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education courses for 16-18 year olds were not completed in the last five years; and what the estimated cost was of providing those placements in England.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
27 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many further education courses for 16-18 year olds were not completed in the last five years; and what the estimated cost was of providing those placements in England.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    Education and training achievement rates are available in the ‘Further education and skills’ statistics publication, which is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/further-education-and-skills/2024-25#content-9....

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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