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<p>Our apprenticeship reforms are placing employers at the heart of ensuring that
they have the right skills in their workforce to grow their business and to increase
their productivity. However, we do recognise that some sectors and employers, including
in the creative industries, experience challenges in taking advantage of the apprenticeship
reforms.</p><p>Improving quality is a fundamental part of our reforms to apprenticeships.
We are making sure that apprenticeships are high quality, industry recognised and
delivered by quality providers. Apprenticeship standards are being developed by employers
themselves to ensure their relevance. Over 70 employers are involved in developing
new apprenticeship standards in the creative and digital industries sectors. There
are 32 creative and design and digital industries standards currently available, with
38 more in development.</p><p>As part of the Creative Industries Sector Deal, the
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is supporting the creative careers
strategy by working with the Institute for Apprenticeships on the development of apprenticeship
standards, classifying areas where there are skills gaps identified as Industrial
Strategy priorities.</p><p>We have introduced the apprenticeship levy to encourage
sustained employer investment in high quality apprenticeships and are carefully monitoring
the impact of the levy in different sectors. We are also working with ScreenSkills
to discuss options for how best the sector can benefit from sustainable investment
in the apprenticeship training that they need.</p><p> </p>
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