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date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support more pathways from education into employment for young people.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	905264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes that will set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T level programmes to skilled employment for young people.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">High quality apprenticeships offer an excellent means of progression for many young people leaving education, giving them the skills valued by employers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">T levels are classroom based, level 3 study programmes and will provide a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels. A substantial, high-quality industry placement will be an essential part of each T level giving students the chance to put into practice the technical skills they have learned in the classroom.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Training and qualifications within the technical education routes are being designed and developed by employers - so that students can be confident they are getting the skills that employers need.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The reformed technical routes will ensure we unlock all the talents of young people across the country, no matter where they come from, and support them into strong, rewarding jobs and careers.</ins></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">We are developing 15 prestigious technical routes to set a clear pathway through apprenticeships and new flagship T levels to skilled employment for young people.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">We are working with employers to design the content for T levels, which will provide in future a distinctive and rigorous technical alternative to A levels.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">But apprenticeships must be of high quality. I am pleased that the move from the old frameworks to the new standards has seen the proportion of these apprenticeships in the number of all starts grow from 3% to 36% since last year.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">Traineeships for those most distant from the labour market are yielding good results. With two thirds progessing to positive destinations and reporting high levels of satifaction (82%). With 84% saying it helped them gain the skills they need.</del></p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 14/05/2018 17:01:12 question first ministerially corrected 15/05/2018 09:26:10 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton previous answer version 57828 answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

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registered interest
date	06/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people aged 16 and 17 who are in (a) part-time and (b) full-time employment.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	131354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/03/2018 12:41:59 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ 131354 (1).pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

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registered interest
date	01/03/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Young People: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector on improving young people's readiness for work and their future employment prospects.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	29202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is taking a number of steps to encourage discussions between business leaders and the education sector.</p><p>We have provided funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company which is increasing the number and quality of links between the education and business sector. The Company’s national network of enterprise advisers is already brokering relationships in 30 LEP areas, working with schools, colleges, employers and careers and enterprise organisations. The Government’s forthcoming careers strategy will set out the additional steps we will take to encourage interaction between business leaders and the education sector to support young people to prepare for working life.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Prime Minister, in his speech on life chances on 11 January, announced £70 million funding over the parliament to transform the quality of the careers education, advice and guidance offered to young people. It will include funding for The Careers &amp; Enterprise Company to continue the excellent work it has begun. It will also include delivery of a campaign to recruit a new generation of mentors to support young people at risk of under-achieving or dropping out, many of who will be business people.</p><p>We are also planning reforms to technical education which will ensure that the skills system is simple and genuinely owned, understood and valued by employers.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 08/03/2016 14:39:01 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns