Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
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| termlength = At His Majesty's pleasure
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| incumbentsince = 6 July 2022
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| department = Department for Education
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}}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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-september-2021|title=Ministerial appointments: September 2021|date=16 September 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Faye |date=2022-07-06 |title=Boris Johnson's government crumbles after eight more ministers quit in one go |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/06/boris-johnsons-government-crumbles-after-six-more-ministers-quit-in-one-go-16953579/ |access-date=2022-07-06 |website=Metro |language=en}}
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{{cite web |title=Gillian Keegan MP |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/gillian-keegan |website=GOV.UK |access-date=8 January 2021 |language=en}} 30px Text was copied from this source, which is available under an [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Open Government Licence v3.0]. © Crown copyright.
List of ministers
- Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs){{efn|Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.}}
- 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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