Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to include the Chambers of Commerce in the Skills England programme.

The department has set out its plan and ambitions for Skills England. Work is now underway to develop how it will deliver, and the department has already been clear that working with a wide range of stakeholders will be central to this. This includes the British Chambers of Commerce as well as other key organisations. The department will publish its first report in due course, which will be followed by a series of engagement activities.