Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have achieved a Higher Technical Qualification to date.

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.