Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress has been made by the Apprenticeship Delivery Board.

The Apprenticeship Delivery Board was announced in July 2015 and launched in January 2016. Board members are senior figures representing eight key sectors with potential for apprenticeship growth.

Board members have input to the apprenticeship reforms, supported the Get In Go Far campaign, helped to achieve 500,000 apprenticeship starts in the 2014/15 academic year, and are targeting major employers to advocate the case for apprenticeships.

An evaluation of the impact of the board is planned and will report its findings in January 2017.