Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

overall strategy for post-16 technical education
T Levels and transition programme
qualifications reviews (levels 3 and below)
higher technical education (levels 4 and 5)
apprenticeships and traineeships
further education workforce and funding
Institutes of Technology
local skills improvement plans and Local Skills Improvement Fund
adult education, including basic skills, the National Skills Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
technical education in specialist schools
relationship with the Office for Students
higher education quality and reform
Lifelong Loan Entitlement
student experience and widening participation in higher education
funding for education and training, provision and outcomes for 16- to 19-year-olds
college governance and accountability
intervention and financial oversight of further education colleges
reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
international education strategy and the Turing Scheme