Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:09 pm on 3 July 2019.
Well, Angela, you're right; the MIM—the mutual investment model—does give us the opportunity as a Government, working alongside partners, to be able to lever in an additional £500 million-worth of resource into the programme, which allows us to complete even more refurbishment and new-build projects. That needs to be managed very carefully, and local authorities and FE colleges that are involved in that process need to be supported with the skills alongside the skills that they would have in-house. We're currently working as a Government with our partners to develop a model that will provide that support, which in turn itself will try and safeguard individual councils or colleges from the problems that you've just identified. And I'd be very happy to update Members when a final decision around that has been made, which is imminent.