This House of Commons Library Briefing provides information in response to some key questions relating to childcare during the coronavirus outbreak
Documents to download
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A debate on a motion on e-petition 229744 relating to college funding (321 KB, PDF)
The e-petition in question can be read on the Petitions website. It reads as follows:
We call on the Government to urgently increase college funding to sustainable levels, including immediate parity with recently announced increases to schools funding. This will give all students a fair chance, give college staff fair pay and provide the high-quality skills the country needs.
Funding for colleges has been cut by almost 30% from 2009 to 2019. A decade of almost continuous cuts and constant reforms have led to a significant reduction in the resources available for teaching and support for sixth formers in schools and colleges; potentially restricted course choice; fewer adults in learning; pressures on staff pay and workload, a growing population that is not able to acquire the skills the UK needs to secure prosperity post-Brexit.
On 1 November 2018, the government published a response to the petition: this can also be read on the e-petitions website.
The Library has already published two briefing papers relevant to this debate:
- 16-19 education funding in England since 2010 (November 2018)
- Adult further education funding in England since 2010 (December 2018)
This debate pack pulls together further parliamentary material, reports and news articles relevant to this debate.
Documents to download
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A debate on a motion on e-petition 229744 relating to college funding (321 KB, PDF)
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