Oral Question·Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
“What recent assessment she has made of progress towards the target of 95 per cent superfast broadband coverage.”
Tabled: 14 December 2017Answered: 21 December 2017
Asked by
Sir Edward Leigh
Conservative — Gainsborough
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Janet Daby)
The Department values the approach of the institutes of technology, which bring together education and industry to develop and deliver curriculums related to local employers and create sustainable pathways for talent development. We will continue to work with IOTs —including Swindon and Wiltshire IOT—in developing our strategy for post-16 skills.