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Apprentices and Vocational Education: Standards

Commons · Question 15642 · Tabled 22 Nov 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 2 Dec 2024

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Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the potential merits of having employers set standards for (a) apprenticeships and (b) T Levels through (i) Trailblazers and (ii) T Level Panels.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 2 Dec 2024

Employers are well placed to specify what knowledge, skills and behaviours lead to competence in an occupation, yet they tell the department that the current processes for preparing occupational standards can feel slow, bureaucratic, and time-consuming. T...