Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I met a 12-year-old constituent a couple of weeks ago. He has been excluded from school and is now being home tutored, but he is struggling to see where his home tutoring will get him in his aspiration to become a mechanical engineer. Will my right hon. Friend meet me …..."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 28th November 2022
Asked by:
Lia Nici (Conservative - Great Grimsby)
Question
to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve vocational skills among school and college leavers.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department wants all students to have access to high quality vocational and technical learning. That is why the department is reforming technical education to ensure that all post-16 students have access to high quality technical options that support progression and meet employer needs.
This includes the introduction of T Levels which are substantial, rigorous and focused on high quality learning, and include a substantial industry placement element of around nine weeks. They will provide the knowledge and experience needed for skilled employment, further study (including higher education) or a higher apprenticeship.
We will have 23 T Levels available from 2023 and the major providers of vocational education are already fully engaged with T Level planning and delivery, with over 200 schools also either planning or already offering T Levels.
We are also working closely with employers and employer groups nationally to build their awareness about T Levels and the importance of vocational education and to encourage them to offer industry placements.
Apprenticeships are a core part of the government’s skills agenda, helping to drive economic growth by improving the skills pipeline. They give employees high-quality, hands-on training to start and progress in work and give employers the skills they need to grow, helping them fill their vacancies and train their workforces to address industry skills gaps. They offer a high-quality route into more than 650 occupations, from entry-level to expert roles, spanning Levels 2 to 7. To support more employers across the country to access apprenticeships we are increasing funding for apprenticeships in England to £2.7 billion by 2024/25 financial year.
We have introduced Skills Bootcamps which offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and the offer of a job interview with an employer. They are currently available across the country and deliver training in key areas such as digital, technical (including engineering and manufacturing), construction, logistics and green skills.
The free Courses for Jobs offer allows eligible adults to access over 400 Level 3 qualifications (A level equivalent) for free, in subject areas including engineering, construction, health and social care and accounting, which can support them to gain higher wages or a better job.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
School Openings: January 2022
"I would like my hon. Friend to thank all the school teams and college teams in and around Great Grimsby, as well as the employers who are offering placements to our students.
An issue that we have in Great Grimsby is literacy and numeracy. Our primary schools have told me …..."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)
"Does the hon. Gentleman not see some irony in his speech? The reason why the Bill introduces LSIPs, and so on, is that we want employers to take control and understand more about apprenticeships, because there are lots of jobs and apprenticeships available, unlike when Labour was last in Government …..."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Third sitting)
"I extend an open welcome to the hon. Gentleman to join a meeting of the apprenticeship diversity champions network, where we have more than 100 employers—more are joining—who are doing fantastic things with apprenticeships. I assure him that he will be able to hear lots of positive stories from them...."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
"I appreciate the hon. Gentleman allowing me to intervene. Do he and his colleagues not understand that BTEC is just a brand name of the Pearson group? Those high quality qualifications, those outcomes and those assessment criteria will go into things such as T-levels. They will just have a name …..."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
"With respect, I did not say that. I said that BTECs are an overarching brand name. We have Cambridge Nationals, City & Guilds and so on, but what is important is the content of those qualifications. I am sure that what is of high quality in BTECs will be included …..."Lia Nici - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 02 Dec 2021
Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting)
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