We are delighted to inform you that the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Youth Employment have launched their latest inquiry ‘The Impact Of Vocational Qualifications On Young People’s Employability and Labour Market Outcomes’.
Inquiry Information
This inquiry will run from October 2021 – January 2022.
Following a series of consultations, the Department for Education has proposed the streamlining of post-16 qualifications by removing funding for some vocational and technical qualifications, including BTECs. T Levels, Apprenticeships and A Levels will be the main options for post-16 qualifications.
This inquiry seeks to understand how the removal of funding for some vocational qualifications, including BTECs, will impact the choices available to young people and what that will mean for their employment prospects and outcomes.
The APPG for Youth Employment will bring together experts across the education, training and employment space, young people and employers to explore the impacts on the choices available to young people and how this may impact the labour market. The inquiry will also be open to written evidence.
Inquiry Questions
- What impact will the removal of funding for some post-16 vocational qualifications have?
- Which students will benefit from the changes?
- Are there groups that you anticipate being left out/left behind?
- Is there enough planned provision to support Level 1 and Level 2 learners?
- Are there any fiscal implications of the impacts you anticipate?
- Will employers be impacted? (for example; additional costs, hiring implications or skill gaps).
- Can the existing provisions for careers information, advice and guidance (CIAG) support the proposed changes?
- Will the government’s proposed ambition for T-Levels, Apprenticeships and A Levels post-16 support the needs of young people in the future economy?
- Will the government’s proposed ambition for T-Levels, Apprenticeships and A Levels post-16 support the needs of employers in the future economy?
- What are the likely impacts on youth employment should these proposed changes take place?
- Are there specific short term implications?
- What are the long-term implications?
More information can be found here. Submissions should be emailed to josh@youthemployment.org.uk by the 3rd December 2021, no later than 5:00pm.
Meeting Dates
The first two meetings will hear evidence from young people, expert speakers and employers. Between October and December 2021, the APPG will be accepting written evidence submissions. The final meeting in January will see a report presented to a Minister.
Register for the first two meetings using the links below:
23rd November 2021, 9:30-11:00
January 2022 (TBC) – A Minister will be invited to give evidence and receive the report.
For more information on previous inquiries and reports, visit the APPG for Youth Employment website.
