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Vocational Education

Lords · Question HL1523 · Tabled 10 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the effect of restricting eligibility to the 'Free courses for jobs' to those earning under £25,000 on the number of courses offered which deliver qualifications covered by the initiative.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 23 Oct 2024

In the academic year 2022/23 there were 24,740 enrolments on the free courses for jobs programme.The department does not collect salary data on individual learners and are unable to answer how many of these learners were earning more than £25,000.