Local Skills Improvement Plans

(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to publish results from Local Skills Improvement Plans Phase 2 bids.


Answered by
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 15th November 2023

More than £200 million skills funding investment was announced on Friday 10 November. This includes £165 million for the local skills improvement fund (LSIF) to enable further education colleges and other providers to develop the new facilities and provision in key industries needed to respond to the skills priorities identified by local businesses and employers in the newly published local skills improvement plans. These plans were developed and published by local employer representative bodies in August 2023. The LSIF projects will play a key part in giving employers access to the skilled workforce that they need to grow.

The department is funding the employer representative bodies up to £550,000 for the development and delivery of each plan for the period between September 2022 and March 2025. The only exception is Greater London where double the amount of funding is available reflecting the overall size of the area. More information about the allocations of LSIF funding is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-skills-improvement-fund-lsif-lead-providers-2023-to-2025.

The recent announcement also includes the £44 million skills injection fund. This is focused on growing high-quality level 4 and 5 Higher Technical Education, with a focus on Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQ). This funding will support colleges and other providers to address barriers to delivering HTQs. It can be used on facilities and equipment, upskilling teaching and technical staff, developing local employer partnerships, and supporting curriculum planning and development. More information about the fund and the successful list of applications is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/higher-technical-education-skills-injection-fund-2.

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