Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her department has made of the potential impact on the creative industries workforce of existing vocational training routes.

The government recognises that high-quality vocational routes into employment are essential to developing the skilled workforce needed by the creative industries. As part of the wider reform of vocational and technical qualifications set out in the Post-16 Pathways Implementation Plan, we will be introducing new T Levels, V levels and level 2 qualifications in Creative and Design subjects in 2030. Further information is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/post-16-pathways-implementation-plan/post-16-pathways-implementation-plan.

We are working closely with the creative sector to ensure the reformed qualifications build on what works well in the current qualifications offer. As part of this, we have set up a new Post-16 Creative Qualifications Policy Group, formed of employers, providers, higher education institutions and industry experts. The group will advise on how reformed post-16 qualifications can best enable effective skills development in creative subjects and progression into and through the creative industries, meeting current and future sector needs.