Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
# Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (also known as Apprenticeships and Skills Minister) is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education in the British government. It was held by Alex Burghart MP, who took office on 17 September 2021, until his resignation on 6 July 2022.

## Responsibilities

The minister is responsible for the following:

* Strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Minister of State for Universities)
* Technical education and skills including T Levels and qualifications review
* Apprenticeships including traineeships
* Further education workforce
* Further education provider market including quality and improvement and further education efficiency
* Adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and basic skills
* Institutes of Technology and National Colleges
* Reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
* Careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
* Coronavirus (COVID-19) response for further education services

## List of ministers

* Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs)
* John Hayes (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning)
* Matt Hancock (Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise)
* Nick Boles (Minister of State for Skills)
* Robert Halfon (Minister of State for Skills)
* Anne Milton (Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships)
* Gillian Keegan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
* Alex Burghart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
