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date	18/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps he has taken to help businesses create more apprenticeships in (a) Solihull and (b) the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	233605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>We have introduced a wide range of reforms to apprenticeships to improve their quality and to encourage employers across England to increase the number of apprenticeships that they offer.</p><p>New apprenticeship standards across all levels are being designed by industries to give apprentices the skills that businesses need. Over 400 standards are available for employers to use, with over 170 more in development, and we can see that employers are moving quickly to this new higher quality offer. There were 163,700 starts on apprenticeship standards in 2017/18, which is more than 6 times higher than the number of starts in 2016/17.</p><p>From April 2019, the amount that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers will increase from 10% to 25%. The National Apprenticeship Service is working closely with the West Midlands Combined Authority to promote levy transfers from large employers, including HSBC and Lloyds, to local small and medium-sized enterprises in the automotive, digital and construction sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 26/03/2019 08:47:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1083410

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date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Education Policy Institute The early years workforce in England, published on 17 January; and what steps they intend to take in response to that report in particular the need to ensure increased (1) skills, (2) diversity, and (3) pay levels in the early education workforce.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
uin	HL14293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We have noted the findings of the report published by the Education Policy Institute. We are already working with the sector on a number of the issues highlighted in their report. In March 2017, we published the attached early years workforce strategy, the government's plans to support employers to attract, retain and develop early years staff to deliver high quality provision: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy</a>. As a result of the strategy, we have worked with sector stakeholders to develop criteria for new more robust level 2 qualifications, considered how the gender diversity of the workforce can be improved, as well as developing new career pathways information to support careers advice, recruitment and staff development: <a href="https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.cache.org.uk/media/1417/dfe-career-pathway-map-v17.pdf</a>. The career pathways map is attached.</p><p> </p><p>We are supporting employer trailblazer groups to develop new apprenticeship standards for the early years workforce and have announced a £20 million investment in professional development and training for early years practitioners in pre-reception settings in disadvantaged areas.</p><p> </p><p>Employers in the early years sector are responsible for setting the pay and conditions for their employees, within the statutory requirements set by government (for example, national minimum wage).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL14293_Early_years_workforce_strategy.pdf title HL14293_Early_years_workforce_strategy 2 file name HL14293_Early_years_career_progression_map.pdf title HL14293_Early_years_career_progression_map question first answered 20/03/2019 11:50:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1083429

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports from the National Audit Office that the number of UK apprenticeships has fallen since the introduction of an apprenticeship levy on large employers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>We are making apprenticeships longer and better, with more off-the-job training and suitable assessment at the end. We have asked employers to lead on the design of new standards that will give apprentices the skills that businesses really need.</p><p>We are pleased with the changes we have seen to the balance of the programme, with the increase in the proportion of high quality apprenticeships since the introduction of the levy and wider apprenticeship reforms. 57.8% of people doing an apprenticeship are now starting on apprenticeship standards (in the first quarter of the 2017/18 academic year), compared to 35.8% this time last year.</p><p>Over 90% of employers with the largest levy declarations have set up an apprenticeship service account, showing that they are ready and willing to invest. To further support employers, we have already extended the amount of time that employers have to spend their levy (from 18 months to 24 months). We will increase the amount of funds that levy-paying employers can transfer to other employers from 10% to 25% from April 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 19/03/2019 17:12:03 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick