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225860

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations his Department has received from further education colleges on the adult skills allocation from the Skills Funding Agency for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the Skills Funding Agency’s budget allocation for 2015-16. It represents a fair funding settlement for skills in this country, as a partnership between Government, businesses and individuals. We continue to give top priority to apprenticeship as the gold standard for vocational education, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual funding for apprenticeships has now doubled over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers frequently meet further education colleges to discuss matters of policy and implementation. Indicative funding for the 2015-16 financial year was set out in our skills funding statement for 2014-15 published in February 2014, and the Government has consistently emphasised the priority it is gives to apprenticeships in allocating funding. The 2015-16 allocations are consistent with a strategy that we have pursued since 2010, and colleges have had opportunity to respond to this by growing their apprenticeship provision, and opening up new income streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overriding principle is that funding should follow the learner, and be allocated to the most valuable programmes. But the approach to funding also takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not plan skills funding and provision at local or regional level. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer apprenticeships and other provision to respond best to those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency will where appropriate seek the views of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the region recent investments have included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· £18 million for a new training facility at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. This will form part of the National College in Advanced Manufacturing opening in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.3m of Local Growth Fund to take forward the development of a new Apprenticeship Centre at Warwickshire College as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.2m in skills capital projects which will include FE establishments from 2016/17 to meet the skills needs of local employers.</p><p> </p><p>· £783,000 of Regional Growth Fund to support the implementation of the Skills for Growth programme as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP City Deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond apprenticeships, our funding priorities include traineeships to enable young people who are not yet work ready to develop the skills and experience they need to get into employment. We also prioritise English and maths for those who have yet to achieve GCSE Grade A* to C standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 226698 226699 226700 226701 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:52:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

225861

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will reconsider the budget allocation for the Skills Funding Agency for adult skills for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the Skills Funding Agency’s budget allocation for 2015-16. It represents a fair funding settlement for skills in this country, as a partnership between Government, businesses and individuals. We continue to give top priority to apprenticeship as the gold standard for vocational education, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual funding for apprenticeships has now doubled over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers frequently meet further education colleges to discuss matters of policy and implementation. Indicative funding for the 2015-16 financial year was set out in our skills funding statement for 2014-15 published in February 2014, and the Government has consistently emphasised the priority it is gives to apprenticeships in allocating funding. The 2015-16 allocations are consistent with a strategy that we have pursued since 2010, and colleges have had opportunity to respond to this by growing their apprenticeship provision, and opening up new income streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overriding principle is that funding should follow the learner, and be allocated to the most valuable programmes. But the approach to funding also takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not plan skills funding and provision at local or regional level. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer apprenticeships and other provision to respond best to those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency will where appropriate seek the views of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the region recent investments have included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· £18 million for a new training facility at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. This will form part of the National College in Advanced Manufacturing opening in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.3m of Local Growth Fund to take forward the development of a new Apprenticeship Centre at Warwickshire College as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.2m in skills capital projects which will include FE establishments from 2016/17 to meet the skills needs of local employers.</p><p> </p><p>· £783,000 of Regional Growth Fund to support the implementation of the Skills for Growth programme as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP City Deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond apprenticeships, our funding priorities include traineeships to enable young people who are not yet work ready to develop the skills and experience they need to get into employment. We also prioritise English and maths for those who have yet to achieve GCSE Grade A* to C standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 226697 226699 226700 226701 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:52:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

225862

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has conducted a review of the effect on recipients of the budget reduction for the adult skills allocation of the Skills Funding Agency for the financial year 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the Skills Funding Agency’s budget allocation for 2015-16. It represents a fair funding settlement for skills in this country, as a partnership between Government, businesses and individuals. We continue to give top priority to apprenticeship as the gold standard for vocational education, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual funding for apprenticeships has now doubled over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers frequently meet further education colleges to discuss matters of policy and implementation. Indicative funding for the 2015-16 financial year was set out in our skills funding statement for 2014-15 published in February 2014, and the Government has consistently emphasised the priority it is gives to apprenticeships in allocating funding. The 2015-16 allocations are consistent with a strategy that we have pursued since 2010, and colleges have had opportunity to respond to this by growing their apprenticeship provision, and opening up new income streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overriding principle is that funding should follow the learner, and be allocated to the most valuable programmes. But the approach to funding also takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not plan skills funding and provision at local or regional level. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer apprenticeships and other provision to respond best to those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency will where appropriate seek the views of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the region recent investments have included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· £18 million for a new training facility at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. This will form part of the National College in Advanced Manufacturing opening in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.3m of Local Growth Fund to take forward the development of a new Apprenticeship Centre at Warwickshire College as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.2m in skills capital projects which will include FE establishments from 2016/17 to meet the skills needs of local employers.</p><p> </p><p>· £783,000 of Regional Growth Fund to support the implementation of the Skills for Growth programme as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP City Deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond apprenticeships, our funding priorities include traineeships to enable young people who are not yet work ready to develop the skills and experience they need to get into employment. We also prioritise English and maths for those who have yet to achieve GCSE Grade A* to C standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 226697 226698 226700 226701 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:52:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

225863

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to increase non-apprenticeship opportunities in adult skills in further education colleges in Coventry and the West Midlands in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the Skills Funding Agency’s budget allocation for 2015-16. It represents a fair funding settlement for skills in this country, as a partnership between Government, businesses and individuals. We continue to give top priority to apprenticeship as the gold standard for vocational education, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual funding for apprenticeships has now doubled over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers frequently meet further education colleges to discuss matters of policy and implementation. Indicative funding for the 2015-16 financial year was set out in our skills funding statement for 2014-15 published in February 2014, and the Government has consistently emphasised the priority it is gives to apprenticeships in allocating funding. The 2015-16 allocations are consistent with a strategy that we have pursued since 2010, and colleges have had opportunity to respond to this by growing their apprenticeship provision, and opening up new income streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overriding principle is that funding should follow the learner, and be allocated to the most valuable programmes. But the approach to funding also takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not plan skills funding and provision at local or regional level. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer apprenticeships and other provision to respond best to those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency will where appropriate seek the views of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the region recent investments have included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· £18 million for a new training facility at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. This will form part of the National College in Advanced Manufacturing opening in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.3m of Local Growth Fund to take forward the development of a new Apprenticeship Centre at Warwickshire College as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.2m in skills capital projects which will include FE establishments from 2016/17 to meet the skills needs of local employers.</p><p> </p><p>· £783,000 of Regional Growth Fund to support the implementation of the Skills for Growth programme as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP City Deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond apprenticeships, our funding priorities include traineeships to enable young people who are not yet work ready to develop the skills and experience they need to get into employment. We also prioritise English and maths for those who have yet to achieve GCSE Grade A* to C standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 226697 226698 226699 226700 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:52:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

225864

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to address the adult skills gap in Coventry and the West Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to change the Skills Funding Agency’s budget allocation for 2015-16. It represents a fair funding settlement for skills in this country, as a partnership between Government, businesses and individuals. We continue to give top priority to apprenticeship as the gold standard for vocational education, and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ annual funding for apprenticeships has now doubled over the lifetime of this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Ministers frequently meet further education colleges to discuss matters of policy and implementation. Indicative funding for the 2015-16 financial year was set out in our skills funding statement for 2014-15 published in February 2014, and the Government has consistently emphasised the priority it is gives to apprenticeships in allocating funding. The 2015-16 allocations are consistent with a strategy that we have pursued since 2010, and colleges have had opportunity to respond to this by growing their apprenticeship provision, and opening up new income streams.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The overriding principle is that funding should follow the learner, and be allocated to the most valuable programmes. But the approach to funding also takes into account the impact on individual providers from year to year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency considers the impact on colleges and providers when agreeing allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government does not plan skills funding and provision at local or regional level. The freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget gives colleges the ability to offer apprenticeships and other provision to respond best to those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in the local area. The Skills Funding Agency will where appropriate seek the views of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) on funding allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the region recent investments have included:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· £18 million for a new training facility at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. This will form part of the National College in Advanced Manufacturing opening in September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.3m of Local Growth Fund to take forward the development of a new Apprenticeship Centre at Warwickshire College as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire Growth Deal.</p><p> </p><p>· £1.2m in skills capital projects which will include FE establishments from 2016/17 to meet the skills needs of local employers.</p><p> </p><p>· £783,000 of Regional Growth Fund to support the implementation of the Skills for Growth programme as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire LEP City Deal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Beyond apprenticeships, our funding priorities include traineeships to enable young people who are not yet work ready to develop the skills and experience they need to get into employment. We also prioritise English and maths for those who have yet to achieve GCSE Grade A* to C standard.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 226697 226698 226699 226701 question first answered 12/03/2015 16:52:18 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

225949

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Adult Education: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has made available in Adult Skills Funding in (a) York Central constituency, (b) City of York Council and (c) all areas using York College in 2015-16; and how much such funding was made available in each of the last six years (i) in cash terms and (ii) at current prices.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	226806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>The funding available for Adult Skills in 2015/16 is outlined in the Skills Funding Letter. The letter sets out the Government’s priorities for the budget and it is for providers to decide how they use their adult skills funding to reflect those priorities and meet the needs of learners and employers in their local area.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2015-to-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/skills-funding-letter-april-2015-to-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>FE funding is demand led and adult participation in Local Authorities and parliamentary constituencies for 2009/10 to 2013/14 is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-further-education-and-skills</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378262/feandskills-participation-by-geography-learner-demographics.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378262/feandskills-participation-by-geography-learner-demographics.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/03/2015 15:16:14 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

225996

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to require armed forces apprenticeships to adhere to the quality criteria outlined by The Future of Apprenticeships in England: Implementation Plan, produced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	226815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>All new apprenticeships standards and related assessment plans must meet the requirements set out in the guidance for Trailblazers and undergo a rigorous approval process. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-apprenticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/future-of-apprenticeships-in-england-guidance-for-trailblazers</a></p><p> </p><p>We are improving the quality of apprenticeships through the development of new standards focused on the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to achieve full competence in a particular occupation, and more rigorous end-point assessment against these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>The Armed Forces and the MoD are heavily involved in the development of such standards via our Trailblazer programme, including the development of the Serviceperson, Systems Engineering Masters level and Maritime Mechanical Fitter standards which were approved and published on 12 March.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/03/2015 12:00:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

225093

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department spent on (a) television, (b) print, (c) online and (d) billboard advertising mentioning the word apprenticeship in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the reply I gave to the hon Member for Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-02-05/223662/" target="_blank">223662</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 09/03/2015 11:02:38 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

224639

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Lifelong Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to encourage requalification and life-long learning; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	225956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government supports learning for the full range of purposes. Apprenticeships, including Higher Apprenticeships, are the Government’s key priority to enable people of all ages to acquire new skills, improve their skills or update them as part of an employer- led skills system. Wider freedoms and flexibilities offered by the adult skills budget give colleges and training organisations more ability to respond to the learning needs of individuals and employers in their locality, and we have increased loan support for learners aged 24 and over studying at Levels 3 and 4. 24 + Advanced Learning Loans continue to be accessed in large numbers with over 123,000 applications in total to December 2014. The National Careers Service provides high quality, information and guidance to help people choose the right learning pathway and to understand whether funding is available to help them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills also invests £210m per annum in Community Learning, which offers flexible local provision for post-19 adults of all ages and from a wide range of backgrounds. Courses meet a variety of learning needs, from personal development to pre-employment skills, health and wellbeing, parenting skills, arts, crafts and languages.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 10/03/2015 14:33:28 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

224797

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of traineeships completed to date lasted (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between three and six months and (d) six months or more.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	226127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>Of the 6,400 traineeship completions reported to date (August 2013 to October 2014) one per cent lasted less than one month, 32 per cent lasted between one and three months, 48 per cent lasted between three and six months, and 18 per cent lasted more than six months. These data will include trainees that left earlier than originally expected for positive destinations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>While work experience and work preparation training should be completed within 6 months of starting a traineeship, learners are able to continue to study English and/or maths for longer – for example, as part of further learning or while they are in work. Therefore, the length of traineeships can vary greatly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 06/03/2015 12:16:08 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms