Lifelong Learning Entitlement
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what targets her Department has set for participation in modular courses funded through the Lifelong Learning Entitlement from January 2027.
Answered by Josh MacAlister
The government has set an ambition for two-thirds of young people to participate in higher-level study by age 25, with 10% going into Level 4 or Level 5 study by 2040.
The Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) will replace and transform the existing student finance system for higher education at Levels 4-6. It will support this ambition by making modular provision eligible for funding for the first time.
The government is taking a phased approach to the early phases of modular provision that will be funded by the LLE. We expect this provision to grow over time, but we have not set any expectations at provider level.
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