Written questions

Skills England

Lords · Question HL10280 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Blunkett

To ask His Majesty's Government, following changes in the machinery of government and responsibility for skills being placed with the Department of Work and Pensions, which department will now be responsible for the administration of, and policy developme

Answer

Answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern, 16 Oct 2025

As announced by the Prime Minister on 16 September, responsibility for apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers, as well as Skills England, has now transferred from the Department for Education to the Department for Work and ...