Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands on the availability of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.

The Department of Business Innovation and Skills regularly receives representations from a wide variety of hon Members, employers, education and training providers and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery of apprenticeships matters.