Claim: The Conservatives have overseen the deepest cuts to post-16 education ever.
Fact-check: 16-19 education saw the largest fall in education spending over the last Parliament - Full Fact
Verdict: last parliament saw spending on 16-19 education fall by 4% a year . this contrasts with an increase of 8% a year on average between 1998 and 2009, according to the institute for fiscal studies .
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Amy Sippitt
Date published: 2015-10-01T00:00:00