Written evidence to be reported to the House
Education and Skills Bill
12:00 pm
Susan Anderson: Absolutely. We have seen some significant improvements in apprenticeship completion rates. As Richard mentioned, many of our members achieve 90 per cent. or 100 per cent. completion rates. So it can be done, but it does require quite a lot of effort. We have surveyed our members to see what is holding more people back, and there are some issues—both about the design of the qualifications themselves and the bureaucracy that need to be addressed. But we are aware that there is the review, and we are very hopeful that the sort of concerns that we have identified—they are articulated in a longer paper that I am happy to share—are addressed as part of that review.