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The Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills published the draft Apprenticeship Bill on 16 July. The draft Bill will establish a statutory basis for the Apprenticeships programme, to set out the relationship between different parts of the Apprenticeship system and ensure employers and apprentices can be confident that an Apprenticeship offers a high quality route to acquiring skills. The Bill will, for the first time, place duties on the Learning and Skills Council to secure sufficient and appropriate Apprenticeship places to fulfil the entitlement for each suitably qualified young person who wants one. The Bill describes the functions of the new National Apprenticeship Service and also includes a provision to ensure that young people in schools are fully informed about high quality vocational training opportunities. Both the Children, Schools and Families and the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Select Committees will scrutinise the Draft Apprenticeships Bill. We may share responses to this consultation with the Select Committees unless respondents indicate that they want their responses to be treated as confidential.

Here are the documents we were able to locate that relate to this consultation: