Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills

Organisations: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Department for Education

Responsibilities

This is not a current government role.

The minister is responsible for:

  • further education
  • adult skills
  • Skills Funding Agency
  • skills strategy
  • lifelong learning
  • informal adult learning
  • apprenticeships
  • UK Commission for Employment and Skills
  • sector skills councils
  • workplace training reforms
  • qualifications reform programme
  • Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP

    2012 to 2013

  2. The Rt Hon John Hayes CBE MP

    2010 to 2012