Consultation outcome

Further education maintenance loans (technical and professional)

• From: Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 24 March 2016
• Last updated: 9 September 2016 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Download the full outcome

Further education maintenance loans: government response

Ref: DFE-00212-2016

PDF, 211 KB, 17 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking your views on proposals to introduce maintenance loans for higher-level learners in technical and professional education.

This consultation ran from
2:30pm on 24 March 2016 to 11:45pm on 16 June 2016

Consultation description

We’re proposing maintenance loans for higher-level learners in technical and professional education. This includes the new National Colleges and learning at the emerging Institutes of Technology. We want to remove the up-front cost and increase the uptake of technical and professional learning in sectors that are important to the economy.

We’ll use evidence gathered through this consultation to make decisions on:

• whether introducing the loans would increase take up
• scope of the loans
• eligibility to receive the loans

We would like views from colleges and independent providers in the further education sector, including National Colleges, higher education institutions and other interested bodies.

Documents

Further education maintenance loans - consultation document

Ref: BIS/16/179

PDF, 509 KB, 32 pages

Published 24 March 2016
Last updated 9 September 2016 + show all updates

1. 9 September 2016

   Added the government's response.

2. 24 March 2016

   First published.