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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent
Vacant
since 6 July 2022
Department for Education
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
WebsiteOfficial website

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (also known as Apprenticeships and Skills Minister) is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education in the British government. It was held by Alex Burghart MP, who took office on 17 September 2021, until his resignation on 6 July 2022.[1][2]

Responsibilities

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The minister is responsible for the following:

  • Strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Minister of State for Universities)
  • Technical education and skills including T Levels and qualifications review
  • Apprenticeships including traineeships
  • Further education workforce
  • Further education provider market including quality and improvement and further education efficiency
  • Adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and basic skills
  • Institutes of Technology and National Colleges
  • Reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
  • Careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) response for further education services[3]

List of ministers

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  • Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs)[a]
  • John Hayes (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning)
  • Matt Hancock (Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise)
  • Nick Boles (Minister of State for Skills)
  • Robert Halfon (Minister of State for Skills)
  • Anne Milton (Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships)
  • Gillian Keegan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
  • Alex Burghart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)

Notes

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  1. ^ Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

References

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  1. ^ "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
  2. ^ Brown, Faye (2022-07-06). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after eight more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  3. ^ "Gillian Keegan MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
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