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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Royal Arms of Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Gillian Keegan MP
since 14 February 2020
Department for Education
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (also known as apprenticeships and skills minister) is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education in the British government. It is currently held by Gillian Keegan MP who took the office on 14 February 2020.[1]

Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:

  • 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[2]

References

  1. ^ Camden, Billy (2020-02-17). "Gillian Keegan is the new apprenticeships and skills minister". FE Week. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. ^ "Gillian Keegan MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.


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