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HANSARDFurther Education: Public Transport and Covid-19We have been working closely with the Secretary of State for Transport to ensure that young people can travel and continue to travel to their place of education during the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDApprenticeshipsThe hon. Gentleman refers, I think, to the switch from frameworks to standards, which did have an impact on some of the numbers, but it was most important that we focused on the…12 Oct 2020HANSARDApprenticeshipsAs a former apprentice, I can reassure my hon. Friend that, this is very much at the forefront of my focus. The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have made it clear that further…12 Oct 2020HANSARDApprenticeshipsI thank my hon. Friend for his question and for his support for apprenticeships. Apprenticeships will be more important than ever to support our economic recovery and help…12 Oct 2020HANSARDFurther Education: Public Transport and Covid-19Of course we have taken very seriously the issue of ensuring that children can get to school and colleges; there has been not only an extra £2 billion in funding to help people to…12 Oct 2020HANSARDEducationI believe I am right in saying that the service is run by the National Careers Service, and there has been more investment in the National Careers Service overall to ensure that…07 Oct 2020HANSARDEducationI believe I am right in saying that the service is run by the Education and Skills Funding Agency , and there has been more investment in the ES F A overall to ensure that it has…07 Oct 2020HANSARDDraft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I thank the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston for her comments. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North, who is as passionate as I am about…30 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I absolutely agree. We all have to work together. These are extraordinary times and they demand extraordinary action. I am grateful to my hon. Friend for mentioning the chamber of…30 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I know that there has been a question about the eligibility for kickstart and apprenticeships and how those two schemes work together, but they do work together because they have…30 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Apprenticeships (Alternative English Completion Conditions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) (Coronavirus)…30 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) order 2020I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. Before I turn to his questions, I reiterate the important strategic role that the engineering construction industry has to play in the…08 Sept 2020HANSARDDraft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) order 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Industrial Training Levy (Engineering Construction Industry Training Board) Order 2020. Thank you, Chair. This is also…08 Sept 2020HANSARDAdult Education: Unemployed PeopleWe understand that ensuring adults can access the training they need is vitally important and more important than ever. Latest figures show that between August 2019 and April 2020…07 Sept 2020HANSARDAdult Education: Unemployed PeopleWe are, of course, absolutely committed to helping everybody who may find themselves looking for a job during this period through no fault of their own to have access to training…07 Sept 2020HANSARDFurther Education College FinancesColleges are facing financial uncertainty as a result of covid-19, and many face reductions in commercial income and uncertainty with apprenticeship starts. We have a team,…07 Sept 2020HANSARDFurther Education College FinancesLet me assure the hon. Lady that we absolutely have FE colleges at the very heart and centre. We are planning a big reform of the sector, and as somebody who went to FE college…07 Sept 2020HANSARDFurther Education College FinancesI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. Just so we are clear, we have provided grant funding to the FE sector, with more than £3 billion for a full year, and it received that…07 Sept 2020HANSARDCollege Financial Oversight: Independent ReviewI am publishing today the report of the Independent Review of College Financial Oversight, conducted by Dame Mary Ney DBE. At the heart of the report is recognition of the…15 Jul 2020HANSARDEducationI agree with my hon. Friend: equipping people with the skills that they need is crucial to our economic recovery, particularly in St Austell and Newquay. To support tourism and…01 Jul 2020