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The quality of apprenticeships and skills training inquiry

Inquiry by the Education Committee, 12 September 2017 to 8 October 2019. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 16 January 2018: Joe Dromey, Senior Research Fellow, IPPR, Dr Carole Easton, Chief Executive, Young Women’s Trust, Dr Lee Elliot Major, Chief Executive, Sutton Trust
  • 27 February 2018: Paul Devoy, Chief Executive, Investors in People, Jane Gratton, Head of Business Environment and Skills Policy, British Chambers of Commerce, Kevin Rowan, Head of Organisation, Services and Skills, TUC, Tim Thomas, Director of Employment and Skills Policy, EEF - The Manufacturers' Organisation
  • 13 March 2018: Stephen Evans, Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute, Graham Hasting-Evans, Managing Director, NOCN, Neil Heslop OBE, Chief Executive, Leonard Cheshire Disability, Nick Linford, Editor, FE WeekDr Alison Birkinshaw OBE, President, Association of Colleges, Angela Middleton, Chief Executive, MiddletonMurray, Simon Hawthorn, Leadership Team, National Society of Apprentices
  • 17 April 2018: Mark Dawe, Chief Executive, Association of Employment and Learning Providers, Andrée Deane-Barron, Group Education and Central Skills Director, Central YMCA, Petra Wilton, Director of Strategy and External Affairs, Chartered Management Institute
  • 9 May 2018: Hannah Cuthbert, Business Administration Apprentice, University of Hull, Gavin Garner, Caretaker Apprentice, Hull City Council, Cheryl Sedgwick, Employer Liaison and Partnership Development Lead, and Lisa Shepherdson, Deputy Manager, Hull Training and Adult Education.
  • 15 May 2018: Sir Gerry Berragan, Chief Executive, Institute for Apprenticeships, Paul Joyce, Deputy Director for Further Education & Skills Ofsted, and Keith Smith, Director of Apprenticeships, Education and Skills Funding Agency; Rt Hon Anne Milton MP, Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills, and Rory Kennedy, Director of Apprenticeships, Department for Education (at 10.35am).