Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2017 to Question 61837, what steps she is taking to encourage trailblazers to incorporate energy efficiency and renewable energy elements into new and pre-existing apprenticeship standards.

Employers are developing new apprenticeships– they decide the standards they need to meet the skills needs for their sectors.

A variety of apprenticeship standards at different levels have been developed or are in development which will help provide employers and employees working in the energy sector with the skills they need.

A list of apprenticeships standards is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/apprenticeship-standards