To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what was the cost to the public purse of the T-Level transition course in the (a) 2021-22 and (b) 2022-23 academic year.
Answered on
20 October 2023
The published figures do not specify the total spend on the T Level programme for 2022/2023, 2021/2022 and 2020/2021. The total spend from pre 2019 through to the 2024/2025 financial year is due to be £1,754 million. This includes developing and growing the capacity of teachers to deliver T Levels effectively and significant additional capital funding, in order for providers to have the resources to deliver T Levels to a high standard. Most recently, the department announced £100 million capital funding to support providers delivering T Levels in September 2024 through the Buildings and Facilities Improvement Grant.
The T Level Foundation Year (previously called T Level Transition Programme) is funded as a 16 to 19 study programme. The costs of the T Level Foundation Year is not detailed separately in published allocations. The department has run an externally contracted programme to provide support to colleges and schools in delivering this programme. The costs of this are not published but are included in the figure provided above for total spend on the T Level programme.