6th Report - Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year-olds
- HC No.
- HC 597
- Published
- 9 Mar 2015
- Items
- 0
- Government response
- Government response published 20 July 2015. Read the government's response ↗
Select committee: Education Committee
Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds
Closed
Opened 16 Jul 2014
Closed 1 May 2015
Education Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The Education Committee launches an inquiry looking at the effectiveness and range of apprenticeships and traineeships available to 16 to 19 year olds. The inquiry also looks at the impact of recent changes in funding to apprenticeships and traineeships and the factors affecting their uptake.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 16 July 2014.
The committee has published 1 report, most recently 6th Report - Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year-olds on 9 March 2015.
The government's response
Published 20 July 2015.
Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.The government says it welcomes the Committee's report and sets out its commitment to grow the apprenticeship and traineeship programmes, accepting most recommendations but rejecting those on careers plans, work experience and reviving Young Apprenticeships.
- The government accepts the recommendation to review the incentives for schools to provide careers advice, pointing to Ofsted's role and destination measures, which it says are "planned to form a core part of school accountability metrics from 2016".
- It rejects requiring schools to publish a careers plan and work towards the Quality in Careers standard, saying it does not consider mandatory requirements "the most effective way" to improve careers provision. It also rejects the recommendations on work experience and reviving Young Apprenticeships.
- On the post-Trailblazer system, it accepts the recommendation and says it is developing policy on long term governance arrangements and "will communicate about this in due course", with the aim of all apprenticeship starts on new standards "from 2017/18".
- It accepts the recommendation on employers taking on apprentices, committing to 3 million starts in this Parliament and saying it "will publish further information about our plans in this area in due course".
Reports
All reportsEvidence
- 4 oral evidence sessionsLatest 14 January 2015
Recent activity
- 1st Special Report - Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds: Government Response to the Committee's Sixth Report of Session 2014-1520 July 2015, Report published
- 6th Report - Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year-olds9 March 2015, Report published
- Oral evidence session14 January 2015, Oral evidence
Reports
Oral evidence sessions
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