The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is currently reviewing the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and intends to re-open it for applications this autumn. I want to ensure that the register provides assurance to employers that the training providers they choose have the capacity and capability to deliver good quality apprenticeship training. Further details on the updates that the ESFA is making to the apprenticeship register and the timing of its re-opening will be available in the coming weeks.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Guildford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-29T16:12:58.117Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers will reopen for applications.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4663", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ben Bradley"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Mansfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ben Bradley"} ], "uin" : "183440"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/993752", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/993752/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We want to help support all Aspire Achieve Advance apprentices and to ensure minimum disruption to their learning. The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has established a specialist taskforce to make sure that apprentices can continue their programmes with alternative providers. The ESFA has written to all affected employers and learners to provide them with reassurance and explain the next steps. The ESFA has also set up a dedicated email address for enquiries from concerned apprentices, parents, or employers. The ESFA is also working with employers and providers to ensure apprentices are transferred to new providers as quickly as possible.<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Guildford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-10-26T13:47:17.123Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-10-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that Aspire Achieve Advance apprentices are able to complete their apprenticeship qualifications after the provider ceased trading.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/465", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gordon Marsden"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blackpool South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gordon Marsden"} ], "uin" : "182694"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971500", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/971500/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
From May 2017 to the end of April 2018, there were 338,500 apprenticeship starts. Rigorous apprenticeship standards accounted for just over 40 per cent of all starts reported in the first three quarters of the 2017/18 academic year, compared to just 2.5 per cent in the same reporting period in 2016/17. These new standards are driven by employers to provide high quality training, which will lead to increased productivity at every level and equip apprentices with the skills they need to progress in their careers.<\/p>
During the first three quarters of 2017/18, the fall in starts has been greatest at level 2, whilst we have seen the numbers of starts at higher levels (4 and above) rise by nearly 13 per cent. This is good news; it shows a healthier balance across apprenticeships at all levels, helping people progress to higher skills.<\/p>
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Please note, that the figures reported in the 2017/18 academic year are based on provisional in-year data and are subject to change until the final data is reported in November 2018.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4113", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stratford-on-Avon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nadhim Zahawi"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-09-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-09-17T15:30:51.437Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of apprenticeship starts since the introduction of the apprenticeship levy in April 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Easington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"} ], "uin" : "172610"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/969176", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/969176/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In 2015 we set an ambitious goal of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020, and that remains our ambition. Whilst we do want to see an increasing number of apprenticeship starts, we will not sacrifice quality for quantity.<\/p>
New, employer-designed standards are replacing the existing frameworks which were often not fit-for-purpose. Starts on these standards continue to grow; latest data on apprenticeships in England show there have been 119,500 starts on standards in the first three quarters of the 2017/2018 academic year; more than ten times higher than the 11,000 reported at this time last year (2016/17). This represents just over 40 per cent of all stats reported in the 2017/18 academic year, compared to 2.5 per cent in 2016/17.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1523", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Anne Milton"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Guildford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Anne Milton"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-09-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-09-11T16:54:36.59Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-09-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what his Department's target is for apprenticeship starts by 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4125", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine McKinnell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Newcastle upon Tyne North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Catherine McKinnell"} ], "uin" : "171440"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964132", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964132/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Our reforms to apprenticeships will deliver benefits for individuals, businesses and the economy; helping to address skills shortages by making sure growth of higher quality apprenticeships meet the needs of employers.<\/p>
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Research published in June 2015 demonstrated the high level of return on investment delivered by the apprenticeships programme. On average, the economic benefits measured over the rest of the learner\u2019s working life for a Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship start are estimated as £61,000 and £88,000 respectively.<\/p>
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In May 2018, we published our progress report on the apprenticeships reform programme which provides our latest assessment of its benefits. This can be found at the following: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on the economy of the target of 3 million apprenticeship starts by 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964637", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/964765/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There have been 1.4 million apprenticeship starts since May 2015. Whilst we do want to see an increasing number of apprenticeship starts, we will not sacrifice quality for quantity. We continue to work closely with employers to help them take advantage of the changes to grow their apprenticeship programmes, and to meet our target.<\/p> The government is moving away from old apprenticeship frameworks, which employers said were often not suitably equipping apprentices for the job, towards new and higher quality apprenticeship standards with a longer average duration, designed by employers themselves. Compared to this time last year, the expected average number of training hours per apprenticeship has increased by over 20 per cent - from 540 hours to 670.<\/p> Starts on apprenticeships standards continue to grow; latest data on apprenticeships in England show there have been 119,500 starts on standards in the first three quarters of the 2017/18 academic year; more than 10 times higher than the 11,000 reported at this time last year (2016/17). This represents just over 40 per cent of all starts reported in the 2017/18 academic year, compared to 2.5 per cent in 2016/17.<\/p> In May 2018 we published an update on the progress of apprenticeships reforms, including progress towards the apprenticeships target in England. This can be found at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/707896/Progress_report_on_the_Apprenticeships_Reform_Programme_May_2018.pdf<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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