Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Higher Technical Qualifications have now, in total, been approved for teaching.

To date, 172 qualifications have been approved as Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs) across seven occupational routes: Digital, Construction & the Built Environment, Health & Science, Business & Administration, Education & Early Years, Engineering & Manufacturing, and Legal, Finance & Accounting, for first teaching between September 2022 and September 2024, depending on the route. The list of approved qualifications can be found here: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/qualifications/higher-technical-qualifications/approved-higher-technical-qualifications-cycle-one/.

Data covering participation and completion rates for HTQs in the 2022/23 academic year is not currently available.

From the 2023/24 academic year, HTQ data will be incorporated in the Higher Level Learners dataset, which the department expects to be published in 2025.