Apprentices: Standards

(asked on 20th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional checks on standards and quality his Department and the National Apprenticeship Service plan to introduce in response to the targets listed in his Department's publication, English Apprenticeships: Our 2020 Vision, published on 7 December 2015.


Answered by
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Nick Boles
This question was answered on 27th January 2016

The Institute for Apprenticeships, a new independent body led by employers, is being established to oversee the quality of apprenticeships in England.


The Institute for Apprenticeships will put in place transparent mechanisms for the approval of apprenticeship standards and assessment plans, and maintain clear quality criteria so that only standards that are valued by employers will be approved and funded.


It will be fully operational by April 2017.

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