Carillion

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Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of apprentices employed by Carillion who are yet to find alternative apprenticeship provision.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 5th March 2018

The government’s priority is to minimise disruption to apprentices’ and is intent on finding new employers for the apprentices that affected by the liquidation of Carillion.

The remaining apprentices who are yet to be placed, fall into one of three cohorts.

There are approximately 125 apprentices actively engaged in the matching / interview process. There are approximately 180 apprentices who have now achieved their apprenticeship or have left during the transition to Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).

225 apprentices have received multiple communications, however they have chosen not to respond. They have been issued with a final letter, which states that if they do not engage, CITB will notify PwC that they are not seeking alternative provision or employment.

CITB have recently launched a targeted employer campaign, with an intent to secure employment placements for learners who we’ve been unable to yet match with employment during the process, due to their geographical area of learning. This has resulted in an increasing number of employer vacancies, which CITB are actively pursuing in order to place more apprentices.

On Monday 5 March, the Official Receiver published a web update on employment within the Carillion group, which can be found at: https:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-official-receivers-update--3.

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