Education

Alan Mak Excerpts

Monday 15th January 2018 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from an answer given by the Minister for Apprenticeships and Skills to the hon. Member for Havant (Alan Mak) during Oral Answers to Questions to Education Ministers on 11 December 2017:

[Alan Mak (Havant) (Con)]

Will the Minister update the House on her Department’s work to encourage more people with learning disabilities to get involved in apprenticeships and join the labour market?

[Anne Milton]

Yes. We are doing a huge amount of work; I know that my hon. Friend, as chairman of the all-party group on apprenticeships, is doing a lot of work himself. We have specific targets: we want people with learning disabilities to represent 20% of all apprenticeship starts by 2020. We have made progress, and the trajectory for people with learning disabilities is going up.[Official Report, 11 December 2017, Vol. 633, c. 15.]

Letter of correction from Anne Milton:

An error has been identified in the Oral Answer given to the hon. Member for Havant (Alan Mak).

The correct response should have been: