Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

If she will hold discussions with the hon. Member for Swindon North on the potential merits of setting up a defence technical college in Swindon.

Tabled: 25 November 2025Answered: 1 December 2025

Asked by

Will Stone

LabourSwindon North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Josh MacAlister)

Rolling out technical excellence colleges is one way that Labour is rewiring our skills system, to unlock opportunity for our young people and drive growth for our country, and alongside techs for construction, clean energy, digital and advanced manufacturing, they will build the talent pipeline to deliver our industrial strategy. Applications for defence technical excellence colleges will open shortly, creating pathways for engineers, cyber-experts, and technicians.