Skills for the future: apprenticeships and training

Industry and Regulators Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 17 Apr 2024 Closed: 11 Feb 2025 Parliament page
The Industry and Regulators Committee has launched an inquiry into skills policy, focusing in particular on apprenticeships and training, and in the context of the skills the UK workforce needs for the future. The inquiry will examine whether the UK’s current systems and policies for apprenticeships and in-work training are … Read more
6 Oral sessions
2 Letters
12 Events
Activity timeline 20 events
11 Feb
2025
Correspondence
26 Nov
2024
Oral evidence
26 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
19 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
12 Nov
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 4, Palace of Westminster
23 Oct
2024
Correspondence
15 Oct
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 2A, Palace of Westminster
8 Oct
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 1, Palace of Westminster
10 Sep
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
3 Sep
2024
Formal meeting (private meeting) · Room 3, Palace of Westminster
11 Jun
2024
Oral evidence
11 Jun
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · To be confirmed
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
26 Nov 2024
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Alison McGovern MP · Department for Work and Pensions Julia Kinniburgh · Department for Education Tammy Fevrier · Department for Work and Pensions The Rt Hon. the Baroness Smith of Malvern · Department for Education and Skills
11 Jun 2024
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Luke Hall MP · Department for Education and Skills
21 May 2024
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Alexia Williams · Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Ben Rowland · Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) David Hughes CBE · Association of Colleges James Stephenson · Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Sian Elliott · Trades Union Congress
14 May 2024
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Lloyd Thomas MBE · Co-op Group Nicola Drury · Amazon Shazia Ejaz · Recruitment and Employment Confederation
30 Apr 2024
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Jane Gratton · British Chambers of Commerce Jennifer Coupland · Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Jonathan Mitchell · Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education Pat Jackson · Enterprise Cheshire & Warrington Sally Andreou · Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership
23 Apr 2024
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Lord Layard · Centre for Economic Performance The Rt Hon Charles Clarke · Department for Education The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP · Department for Education
Correspondence 2 letters
11 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from the Rt Hon Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills and Alison McGovern MP, Minister for Employment
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23 Oct 2024 To committee Letter from the Chair, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, to Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern, Minister for Skills on skills for the future: apprenticeships and training, dated 23 October 2024
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