Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will publish the (a) dates of and (b) principal topics for discussion at the meetings that (i) he, (ii) Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department have had with the Institute for Apprenticeships since it was established.

Since the Institute for Apprenticeships was established in April 2017, ministers and officials in the department have had regular meetings with the institute. These have included 6 monthly ministerial reviews with the institute, and quarterly performance reviews at senior official level. These reviews have discussed the progress of the institute in discharging its apprenticeship responsibilities and preparing to take on responsibilities for T levels. Ministers and officials have met the institute regularly between these meetings to discuss a range of issues related to the business of the institute and the apprenticeship and technical education reform programmes.