Adult Education: Finance

Mr. Willetts
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether building projects that come within the Adult Safeguarded Learning budget are safeguarded until the end of the project; and whether such budgets are within the scope of the review of further education capital funding.

Mr. Simon
Capital projects that are already underway and funded from within the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) Adult Safeguarded Learning budget are not subject to change. These projects will proceed and continue to be supported by the LSC as planned, in line with agreed terms and conditions and LSC procedures.

The work that the LSC is undertaking with the sector on prioritisation will not include projects funded through the Adult Safeguarded Learning capital budget.