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516608

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
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, if he will set a target for apprenticeship completion rates by the end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	36122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship completions are monitored closely by the Skills Funding Agency. There are minimum levels of performance for individual providers.</p><p> </p><p>We have already taken action to increase the quality of apprenticeships; including introducing a minimum duration and ensuring that all apprenticeships are real jobs. We are continuing to go further by giving employers the opportunity to design rigorous new apprenticeships with end point assessments and by establishing the Institute for Apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to focus on quality as much as on quantity, but do not intend to set a separate target for apprenticeship completion rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 04/05/2016 14:19:20 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

516926

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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, what steps he is taking to encourage businesses to take on apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	904773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Later this month, we will launch a communications campaign that will promote the benefits of apprenticeships to employers.</p><p> </p><p>From next April, the apprenticeship levy will put funding in the hands of employers and encourage them to take on more apprentices.</p><p> </p><p>We are also supporting smaller businesses taking on young apprentices through the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers; and removed the requirement for employers to pay National Insurance contributions for apprentices aged under 25.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 03/05/2016 16:51:51 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

515211

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on taking steps to tackle recent reductions in the number of employers posting apprenticeship vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	35478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>Latest data shows that whilst the number of employers advertising vacancies has fallen, the number of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ website has increased each year from 71,060 in 2010/11 to 200,460 in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Delivery Board and Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network work with employers to champion apprenticeships and increase the number of places on offer. The Skills Funding Agency also works closely with the National Employer Services Team in the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to encourage employers to offer apprenticeships.</p><p> </p><p>We are launching a new apprenticeships communications campaign in May, jointly designed with DWP, which will promote the benefits of apprenticeships to young people, parents and employers. This will build on National Apprenticeship Week 2016, which saw more than 30,000 apprenticeship places pledged by businesses.</p><p>We also work closely with DWP to ensure that information about apprenticeship vacancies is available to jobseekers through Universal Jobmatch.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/04/2016 16:00:53 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

513944

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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, what criteria his Department uses to judge the quality of apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	34675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>All apprenticeships must be paid jobs; have a minimum duration of 12 months; and offer sustained and substantial training to ensure apprentices gain significant new skills and competence in their occupation.</p><p>Employers are designing new apprenticeship standards and assessment approaches that must meet a number of set criteria to ensure quality and consistency across all apprenticeships. These are set out in the “Future of apprenticeships in England: guidance for trailblazers - from standards to starts” <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>In England from April 2017, the independent Institute for Apprenticeships will support the quality of apprenticeship standards in England. Ofsted and Ofqual will also continue to inspect, report on and regulate apprenticeships up to and including Level 3.</p><p>We are also introducing legislation to protect the term `apprenticeship` from misuse by education and training providers. The aim is to assure employers, apprentices and training providers that action can be taken if poor quality training is mis-sold as an apprenticeship, and that they are investing in high quality apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/04/2016 10:38:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

511258

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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, with reference to the Skills Funding Agency data release of 5 April 2016, what discussions he has had with (a) education and training providers and (b) employer organisations on recent reductions in the number of apprenticeship vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	33482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The number of vacancies on the `Find an Apprenticeship` website has been increasing from 71,060 in 2010/11 to 200,460 in 2014/15. The data does not reflect all vacancies as some employers choose alternative methods for advertising their apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p> </p><p><em>English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision</em> sets out our plans to work with providers and employer organisations to reach our commitment of 3 million apprenticeships by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The new Apprenticeship Delivery Board will encourage more businesses to develop quality apprenticeships. Members act as apprenticeship champions within their sector, working with employers of all sizes to increase both the number of apprenticeship places on offer and the supply of talented candidates.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 15:13:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

511259

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the Department for Work and Pensions on steps to tackle recent reductions in the number of apprenticeship vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	33483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Latest data shows that the number of vacancies posted on the ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ website have increased each year from 71,060 in 2010/11 to 200,460 in 2014/15. The data does not reflect all vacancies as some employers choose alternative methods for advertising their apprenticeship opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure that jobseekers are aware of apprenticeship vacancies. Vacancies posted on the ‘Find an Apprenticeship’ website are visible to jobseekers on Universal Jobmatch.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 15:22:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

511270

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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, whether employers will be able to direct unused funds from their apprenticeship levy accounts towards supporting training apprentices working with (a) their distributers and (b) other companies in their supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	33612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We want to give employers in England flexibility in how they use levy funds to pay for apprenticeship training that meets their needs. We know that some employers want to direct their funding to other employers, for instance their suppliers. We will consider ways this could be accommodated whilst avoiding additional complexity, maintaining the aims of the system and remaining compatible with State aid rules.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 16:45:51 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

509969

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
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, what modelling his Department has done on the further employment prospects of those starting an apprenticeship during the current Parliament; and what estimate he has made of the rate at which he expects apprentices to secure employment following their apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	33466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Apprenticeships provide high quality training to ensure full competence in an occupation, increasing the apprentice’s employment prospects.</p><p> </p><p>Latest data show that around 90% of apprentices are employed on completion of their apprenticeship training, 71% with the same employer.</p><p> </p><p>The value that apprenticeships add is also clear in the increased earnings potential of former apprentices. The lifetime benefits associated with the acquisition of apprenticeships at Level 3 are very significant, standing at between £77,000 and £117,000<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>. Higher apprentices could earn £150,000 more on average over their lifetime compared to those with L3 vocational qualifications<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup>.</p><p> </p><p>[1] London Economics (2011) – <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/32354/11-1282-returns-intermediate-and-low-level-vocational-qualifications.pdf" target="_blank">BIS Research Paper Number 53, Returns to Intermediate and Low Level Vocational Qualifications, September 2011’</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.aat.org.uk/sites/default/files/assets/University_Report_AAT_and_CEBR_February_2013.pdf" target="_blank">AAT and CEBR - Is a university degree the best route into employment?</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/04/2016 15:09:01 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

484362

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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, what proportion of the three million apprenticeships planned by 2020 are expected to be at (a) degree and (b) masters level.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	32224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not currently publish forecasts for Apprenticeship starts by level. Information on the actual number of Apprenticeship starts reported to date, by individual level, is published as a supplementary table (first link) to a Statistical First Release (second link).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509999/apprenticeships-starts-by-framework-type-and-level.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/509999/apprenticeships-starts-by-framework-type-and-level.xls</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/04/2016 16:46:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

484363

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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, whether Equivalent or Lower Level Qualifications are exempted under (a) degree and (b) Masters level apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	32225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>There are no centrally set entry requirements for apprenticeships; recruitment decisions lie with employers. As with any other job, they may set their own entry requirements for a specific apprenticeship vacancy at any level.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship funding supports individuals to progress to higher levels of learning. A graduate who has completed a degree is not usually eligible for funding to complete an apprenticeship at Level 6 (degree), but would be eligible for funding to progress to an apprenticeship at Level 7 (Masters). A graduate with a Master’s degree would not normally be eligible for funding for an apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p>The only exception to this is where the apprentice starts a new job role which is in a different occupation requiring a significant amount of new learning to take place, delivered over the minimum duration for the standard. In this case the apprentice would be eligible for funding for an apprenticeship at the same level, but no lower than, their current highest qualification.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 11/04/2016 16:45:32 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden