HANSARDCommons06 Dec 20214 contributions

Further Education Colleges: Upgrade

Damien Moore (Southport) (Con)
ConservativeSouthport
19. What steps he is taking to upgrade further education colleges.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Alex Burghart)
ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar
We are working to upgrade further education colleges through the FE capital transformation programme. We are investing £1.5 billion between 2020 and 2026 to tackle poor conditions in the FE estate and to ensure our colleges are excellent places for people to learn.
Damien Moore
ConservativeSouthport
King George V College in my constituency has a reputation for producing outstanding A-level results, with students going on to do great things. It is a model for how things can evolve in the education sector. Will the Minister commit to joining me on a visit to the college to see how it could be a blueprint for development in other areas across the country?
Alex Burghart
ConservativeBrentwood and Ongar
Going to Southport would be as great an honour as going to Crawley. I would be delighted to see how Southport is taking advantage of the £480,000 it recently received from the FE capital transformation fund.