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Upcoming Business – Lords: Grand Committee (20 May 2013)

Draft Duty to Participate in Education or Training (Alternative Ways of Working) Regulations 2013; Draft Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008) Order 2013 – Lord Nash. Orders and Regulations

Upcoming Business – Commons: General Committee (20 May 2013)

First Delegated Legislation Committee: Draft Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008) Order 2013 and the draft Duty to Participate in Education or Training (Alternative Ways of Working) Regulations 2013. 4:30 pm; Room 9, Palace of Westminster

Educating Engineers — [Mr Charles Walker in the Chair] (16 May 2013) See 4 other results from this debate

Elizabeth Truss: ...that there is not a divide between theory and practice, but more of a continuum between subjects. People will then understand when they study trigonometry that it is very useful for an engineering apprenticeship. Some young engineering apprentices in my constituency told me, “We had no idea that the trigonometry we used at school would actually be useful in this job, and now...

[Mr Joe Benton in the Chair] — Careers Guidance (16 May 2013) See 5 other results from this debate

Matthew Hancock: ...make sure that the young people of this country have not only the training and qualifications, but the skills to get a job and hold it down. That is the motivation behind the massive increase in apprenticeships and the introduction of traineeships, which will start in the summer. There is agreement about the value and importance of that. There is also agreement that Connexions failed...

Economy: Growth — Motion to Take Note (16 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Bhattacharyya: ...crackdowns and referendums. To be fair, the Government are doing some good things, mostly at the urging of the Business Secretary. We share the aim that all young people should take up training apprenticeships or go into higher education on leaving school, and I congratulate the Government on pressing ahead with high-speed rail. It is politically difficult, but necessary. While the science...

Business of the House (16 May 2013)

Andrew Jones: ...may we have a debate about women in the workplace, and about what support is being provided to help more women to work? Such a debate would highlight the fact that more women than men are starting apprenticeships, that more women are starting businesses than ever before, and that more women are in senior positions in business than ever before. However, it would also highlight the fact that...

Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013)

Baroness Wilcox: ...that we can offer opportunities to these young people the better. We can give them greater confidence and pride by setting them on the road that perhaps their fathers or mothers took before them to apprenticeships, BTEC qualifications, training, and personal and team success. It may even be that they can learn to drive a tank. The cost of recruiting these 16 to 18 year-olds is not wasted....

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 8 other results from this debate

Danny Alexander: ...employees, putting money back into the pockets of hard-working families and ensuring that it makes financial sense for parents to go out and seek work. The continuation of our reforms on trainees and apprenticeships will go a long way towards addressing employers’ concerns that some young people lack the right skills, attitudes or experience when applying for work. Alongside our...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Nicholas Clegg: Liberal Democrats, and indeed Conservatives, are working together to clear up the mess left by the hon. Gentleman’s party. It is this Government who are delivering more apprenticeships than ever before, delivering a cap on social care costs, delivering a decent state pension for everybody and clearing up the mess in the banking system left by that man there— the right hon. Member...

Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013)

Matthew Hancock: ...for 16-19 year olds will be part of 16-19 study programmes and will be funded on the same basis. Traineeships will be funded through the Education Funding Agency or, in the case of 16-19 apprenticeship providers, through the Skills Funding Agency. Traineeships will be a demand-led programme. The number of places funded will reflect the number of employers and education and training...

Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013)

Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to paragraph 11 of Traineeships: Supporting young people to develop the skills for apprenticeships and sustainable employment: Framework for Delivery published on 9 May 2013, how many existing training programmes the Government estimates will (a) cease or (b) be subsumed into the new traineeship scheme; and which programmes are under...

Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013)

Matthew Hancock: ...for 16 to 19-year-olds will be part of 16-19 Study Programmes and will be funded on the same basis. Traineeships will be funded through the Education Funding Agency or, in the case of 16-19 apprenticeship providers, through the Skills Funding Agency. Employers have also had the opportunity to bid for traineeship funding through the second round of the Employer Ownership of Skills Pilots....

Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Graham Stuart: ...: Framework for Delivery, published 9 May 2013, what steps he will take to prevent providers from abusing the system by recruiting young people who are already prepared for employment or an apprenticeship in order to secure the funding for a full six month course.

Written Answers — Education: Vocational Training (15 May 2013)

Matthew Hancock: ...and employer representatives. We know that many businesses are keen to support young people to gain the skills and experience that will help them make excellent future employees. The National Apprenticeship Service will be working with employers to ensure that there are sufficient traineeship opportunities to meet the demand from the number of eligible young people.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Apprentices (15 May 2013)

Dan Rogerson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to enable young people with an offer of a farriery apprenticeship in 2013-14 to take up those apprenticeships following the withdrawal of funding by the National Farriery Training Association.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Employment Schemes: Corby (15 May 2013)

Matthew Hancock: We are supporting jobs in Corby by tackling the record deficit to keep interest rates low, tackling barriers to employment, radically reforming education and expanding apprenticeships, which provide individuals of all ages with pathways into employment. Final data for 2011/12 show that there were 1,190 apprenticeship starts in Corby parliamentary constituency, up by 25.4% on 2010/11....

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Lord Best: ...training and jobs presented by investment in new homes. We have all admired the contribution of migrant building workers, particularly from Poland, but there is much to be said for investment in apprenticeships and training in the building industry for our own young people. To capitalise on this chance of tackling two huge social issues simultaneously, youth unemployment and acute housing...

Council Sport Provision (14 May 2013)

Brandon Lewis: ...and wherever is appropriate locally. That can create new jobs and sustain existing ones, support the creation of new businesses and clubs, help to tackle worklessness and low skills by supporting apprenticeships, and boost spending locally, as well as help develop and build a community through its clubs and organisations. Contrary to popular myth, councils can support local growth at the...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Richard Graham: ...are introducing free care for 1,200 two-year-olds in my city later this year. We are tackling living costs in difficult times, rebuilding public finances, mending the economy, raising skill levels and encouraging more apprenticeships. That is the right way forward. We must keep the focus on helping our constituents and strengthening our country. I welcome the measures in the Queen’s...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Youth Unemployment (14 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Danny Alexander: ...to take steps towards work than any previous Government. Let me give an example from the Department of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills. One million apprenticeship starts—a 50% increase on the previous Government—are creating valuable opportunities for young people to gain experience in the workplace and employment afterwards. The...