Clause 15
Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill
9:45 am
Siôn Simon (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills; Birmingham, Erdington, Labour)
Clause 15 enables the Secretary of State to make an order making certain transitional provisions in relation to apprenticeship frameworks. This is intended to ensure that apprenticeship frameworks that already exist when clause 12 comes into force can be treated as if they are a framework issued under the terms of the Bill. In turn, this is intended to allow a reasonable period for new frameworks to be developed and issued, under the terms of the specification of apprenticeship standards for England, and to ensure that existing apprentices and those who are embarking on apprenticeships over the next few years are not disadvantaged.
Amendment 159 is a technical amendment that will ensure that apprentices who are participating in the apprenticeship scheme in part 4, also known as the 16 to 18 apprenticeship entitlement, can benefit from the transitional provisions included in clause 15. Amendments 160 to 162 and 164 are consequential amendments to clause 15. Amendments 167 to 170 and 172 make the same changes to clause 20, which applies in Wales.