Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

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.^[1][2]

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Incumbent Vacant since 6 July 2022
Department for Education
Style	Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Appointer	The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Website	Official website

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^[3]

List of ministers

• Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs)^{[lower-alpha 1]}
• 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

1. Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

References

1. "Ministerial appointments: September 2021". 16 September 2021.
2. Brown, Faye (2022-07-06). "Boris Johnson's government crumbles after eight more ministers quit in one go". Metro. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
3. "Gillian Keegan MP". GOV.UK. Retrieved 8 January 2021. Text was copied from this source, which is available under an Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.