I entirely acknowledge that there are many young people unprepared to take up an apprenticeship because of the absence of skills. Indeed, the House of Lords Select Committee report to which I referred earlier says that there are 300,000 such young people, who often lack core and soft skills. However, in respect of work-based training, the adult learning inspectorate warned:

“Some apprentices can potentially achieve the full requirements of the apprenticeship framework without having to set foot in a workplace.”

Why does the Minister think that the inspectorate said that? If I have got the wrong impression about apprenticeships, it has too.