Apprentices

(asked on 4th November 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of apprenticeship starts that will be on (a) new apprenticeship standards and (b) frameworks in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020.


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Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 14th November 2016

Over the course of this Parliament, we will phase out the current apprenticeship frameworks so that all new apprentices undertake standards. We are withdrawing frameworks in phases, with as much of this as possible to take place by the 2017/18 academic year.

We intend to consult on the timetable for withdrawing all remaining frameworks in order to give clarity to the sector and enable providers to review their training offer.

So far, 202 employer groups are developing or have developed 441 standards, with 146 standards approved for delivery.

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