Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Trailblazer groups which develop new apprenticeship standards will continue to be known as Trailblazer groups once the Institute for Apprenticeships has begun operating in April 2017.

The term “Trailblazer” has been used since 2013 to describe groups of employers leading on developing new apprenticeship standards and, as such, has become synonymous with our apprenticeship reform programme. However, whether or not the term officially continues to be used in this context after April 2017 will be a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships.