James Mirza-Davies

The Technical and Further Education Bill 2016-17 sets out provisions to improve the quality of technical education (TE), address skill shortages and support the Government’s social mobility agenda. The Bill's proposals will: rename the Institute for Apprenticeships the "Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education" and extend its remit to cover technical education, create an insolvency framework for FE corporations and sixth form colleges and extend the statutory duty to provide information on FE to cover providers of FE who receive funding from the combined authorities. The Bill implements recommendations from the Government's Post-16 Skills Plan and the consultation on developing new insolvency regime for the FE sector.

This paper contains claimant count figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest labour market statistics for the UK as a whole.

Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators.

Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.

An overview of apprenticeship policies introduced in England during the 2010-2015 Parliament

This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.

Analysis of the latest key UK and international economic indicators.

This note provides a summary of apprenticeships policy in England, prior to 2010

This paper contains labour market figures for parliamentary constituencies, as well as a summary of the latest national and regional statistics.

Analysis of the latest UK and international economic indicators

This note sets out the background to the July 2015 Budget, the first Budget of the current Parliament.