UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGES

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to increase the number of university technical colleges. [136635]

Mr Laws, Minister of State for Schools: In addition to the five UTCs that are already open, the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), has already approved a further 26 which are now preparing to open in either September 2013 or 2014. Since November 2012, the Department has been assessing new applications for UTCs and expects to announce the next wave of projects before the end of March this year.

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