Further Education

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:51 pm on 26 January 2022.

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Photo of Jeremy Miles Jeremy Miles Labour 2:51, 26 January 2022

We want to make sure that the workforce is able to meet the needs of our learners, as do all our colleges. The funding—[Inaudible.]—this year, as I say, has enabled us to restore, perhaps, some of the more challenging budgets that we've seen in the past. It reflects the increasing demand for further education, which we will all welcome, and of course enables provision to be made in relation to the workforce so that those demands are met. I'm very keen to make sure that we are able to meet the needs of our learners in the post-16 landscape in a variety of ways, and I hope that the budget settlement will support further education colleges in doing that.