Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 233, what steps are being taken to ensure that ongoing skills gaps of all types are filled.

The Government wants to create a world-beating technical education system and is investing heavily to ensure that it delivers the skills that the economy needs.

We will deliver 3 million apprenticeships by 2020, and drive up the quality of apprenticeships to ensure they deliver the skills employers need.

We are developing a system of technical education based on 15 new technical routes and introducing new qualifications, known as T-levels, which will provide clear pathways to jobs.

We are also strengthening the provider base, including by establishing a network of new Institutes of Technology specialising in delivering higher-level technical skills.