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HANSARDLifelong Learning and Skills DevelopmentI commend the work that City of Wolverhampton College is doing on electric vehicle maintenance. When we see excellent providers working with employers, we also see the best…31 Jan 2022HANSARDLifelong Learning and Skills DevelopmentOne absolute priority is to ensure that everyone can obtain the skills that they need at whatever time in life is right for them. That is why last week we launched our Skills for…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet my hon. Friend. We are reforming level 2 qualifications. The Chancellor has announced our plans for Multiply, a new project to help people with…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will have heard my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State extend the timescale for T-levels on Second Reading of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. I am sure…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate my hon. Friend on his report. I very much share his sentiments about the importance of recognising prior learning. Currently, further education providers can use…31 Jan 2022HANSARDApprenticeships: Early Years WorkforceI pay tribute to my right hon. Friend’s considerable expertise and work in this area, and I agree with her on this, which is why we are investing £153 million in training early…31 Jan 2022HANSARDApprenticeships: Early Years WorkforceMy Department has engaged with early years employers to help them design three high-quality apprenticeships—early years educator; practitioner and lead practitioner. Since…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTechnical Qualifications: Strengthening their ValueI will see my hon. Friend there.31 Jan 2022HANSARDTechnical Qualifications: Strengthening their ValueIt was a central finding of the Sainsbury review, led by a Labour peer, that the vocational qualifications system should be simplified. What we are doing is creating world-class…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTechnical Qualifications: Strengthening their ValueI am delighted to extend the Department’s congratulations to Adele. What we are seeing through our apprenticeships programme at the moment is the study and achievement of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDTechnical Qualifications: Strengthening their ValueWe are reforming technical education to support progression and meet employer needs. Our initial figures show that nearly 5,500 new students started T-levels in September last…31 Jan 2022HANSARDLifelong Learning and Skills DevelopmentI should be delighted to look into that issue for the hon. Gentleman.31 Jan 2022HANSARDWomen and EqualitiesBetween 2010 and 2021 , under this Conservative Government, the number of women accepted on to full-time STEM undergraduate courses in the UK has increased by 49%.25 Jan 2022HANSARDWomen and EqualitiesBetween 2010 and 2020, under this Conservative Government, the number of women accepted on to full-time STEM undergraduate courses in the UK has increased by 49%. [Official…25 Jan 2022HANSARDEducationTurning to amendment 2, the Bill seeks to exempt 16 to 18-year-olds from the provision of guidance on options available for 16 to 18 education or training, including…25 Jan 2022HANSARDEducationTurning to amendment 2, the Bill seeks to exempt 16 to 18-year-olds from the provision of guidance on options available for 16 to 18 education or training, including…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillYou are very kind, Mr Speaker, and it is lovely to be here with you this Friday morning. What a very interesting debate we have had on the amendments of my hon. Friend the Member…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillMy hon. Friend is right about the one in five schools, but allow me to turn that figure on its head: from a standing start really quite a short time ago, four in five schools are…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) BillAbsolutely, Mr Speaker. The thrust of my hon. Friend’s amendments is about quality in the careers service, which is very much where I was trying to go in my remarks. I will speed…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Billindicated dissent .14 Jan 2022