Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Minister of State for Universities)
• technical education and skills including T Levels and qualifications review
• apprenticeships including traineeships
• further education workforce
• further education provider market including quality and improvement and further education efficiency
• adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and basic skills
• Institutes of Technology and National Colleges
• reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
• careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
• coronavirus (COVID-19) response for further education services

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan

   2020 to 2021

Announcements

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• Gillian Keegan writes to NEU on the teachers' pay offer
  • 15 May 2023
  • Correspondence
• New service to help businesses offer apprenticeships
  • 13 September 2021
  • Press release
• £50 million to deliver world-class facilities for T Level students
  • 25 August 2021
  • Press release
• Education Secretary congratulates GCSE students on results day
  • 11 August 2021
  • Press release
• Cash boost to create new flexible approach to apprenticeships
  • 03 August 2021
  • Press release
• Expert report: every UK job has the potential to be green
  • 14 July 2021
  • Press release
• Letter from Minister Keegan on the Further Education Workforce Data Collection
  • 02 July 2021
  • Correspondence
• More support for further education teachers to develop
  • 18 June 2021
  • Press release
• Cash boost for apprenticeships launched
  • 01 June 2021
  • Press release
• Cash boost for T Levels
  • 27 May 2021
  • Press release

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