Consultation outcome

Public sector apprenticeship targets

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education
• Published: 25 January 2016
• Last updated: 20 January 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Apprenticeship targets for public sector bodies: government consultation response

Ref: DFE-00029-2017

PDF, 423 KB, 31 pages

Detail of outcome

Summary of the responses we received, along with the government’s response outlining the next steps.

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Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking your views on which public bodies in England should be set targets on the number of apprentices working for them.

This consultation ran from
12:15am on 25 January 2016 to 11:45pm on 4 March 2016

Consultation description

We’re inviting comments on the proposed list of public bodies to be set targets related to the number of apprentices working for them.

The Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills will be able to set targets because of a change to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. This change is set out in the Enterprise Bill. The bodies in scope and the target itself will be set out in regulations.

Public bodies will have a duty to publish information annually on progress towards meeting the target and send this information to the Secretary of State.

The consultation will be of interest to all public sector organisations. We welcome all views but particularly from those public bodies we propose are in scope.

Apprenticeship policy is a devolved matter in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This consultation only applies to England.

Documents

Apprenticeship targets for public sector bodies: consultation

Ref: BIS/16/24

PDF, 215 KB, 30 pages

Apprenticeship targets for public sector bodies: list of bodies (Annex 2)

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 141 KB

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Published 25 January 2016
Last updated 20 January 2017 + show all updates

1. 20 January 2017

   Added government response to the consultation and a summary of the responses we received.

2. 25 January 2016

   First published.