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Where MPs Stand

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Apprenticeships and traineeships for 16 to 19 year olds

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 16 July 2014 to 1 May 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 5 November 2014: Professor Paul Croll, Bulmershe Professor of Education, Institute of Education, University of Reading, Professor Alison Fuller, Pro-Director, Research and Development, and Professor of Vocational Education and Work, Institute of Education, University of London, David Sims, Research Director, National Foundation for Educational Research, and David Massey, Senior Manager, UKCES; Kirstie Donnelly MBE, UK Managing Director, City and Guilds, Rob Wall, Head of Employment and Education Policy, CBI, Eileen Cavalier OBE, CEO, London College of Beauty Therapy, and David Harbourne, Director of Policy and Research, The Edge Foundation.
  • 26 November 2014: Lorna Fitzjohn, National Director for Further Education and Skills, Ofsted, Katerina Rudiger, Head of Skills and Policy Campaigns, Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Conor Ryan, Director of Research and Communications, Sutton Trust, and James Whelan, Head of Mathematics, Harris Academy Morden; Deborah Lee, Chief Learning Officer, BT Group, Charlotte Bosworth, Director of Skills and Employment, OCR, Stephen Overell, Principal, Employment and Skills, New Economy Manchester, and Darren Northcott, National Official, Education, NASUWT.
  • 10 December 2014: Dan Hooper, Policy Advisor, Federation of Small Businesses, Steve Radley, Director of Policy and Strategic Planning, Construction Industry Training Board, Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union, and Paul Champion, Assistant Principal, Work Based Learning, Chesterfield College; Ian Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, SkillsActive, Tony Moloney, Head of Education & Skills, National Grid, Kate Stock, Managing Director, Smart Training, and Brian Wisdom, Chairman, Federation for Industry Sector Skills and Standards.
  • 14 January 2015: Nick Boles MP, Minister of State for Skills and Equalities, Department for Education.