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Further Education: Student Numbers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to colleges that are (a) oversubscribed and (b) want to expand.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 10 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 14 Apr 2026
Answer: 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what support she is providing to colleges that are (a) oversubscribed and (b) want to expand.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
The increasing 16 to 19 population means extra capacity is needed in some areas. The Post-16 capacity fund has already provided £282 million between 2021 and 2025 for additional capacity and we are investing a further £375 million by 2029/30 to accommodat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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