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.
Responsibilities
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
List of ministers
- Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs)
- 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)
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