Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 3:18 pm on 6 July 2016.
I’d be happy to do that. Clearly, we do have an FE strategy that is part of the long-term strategy for post-16 education, and that includes skills and FE itself. We will continue to make capital investment, as the Member has suggested, but we are also looking at how we safeguard funding for further education in this year. The Member will be aware that the FE budget has suffered over the past few years, but Members will also be aware that the current budget does show a 2 per cent increase in the funding of FE for this financial year.