All-Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships
Link titleThe All Party Parliamentary Group for Apprenticeships (APPGA) was set up in February 2012 to "To provide a forum for parliamentarians and employers to discuss how to promote the role of high quality apprenticeships, how to ensure that apprenticeships serve as a pathway to a career and how the apprenticeship model can meet the changing skill demands from business". [1]
It is the first All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) dedicated to the advancement of apprenticeships.
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Secretariat
Connect Communications, a large political communications company, acts as the groups secretariat. [2]
People
Parliamentary Officers as at July 2015
- Chair Jack Lopresti Conservative
- Vice Chair John Woodcock Labour Co-Op
- Vice Chair Lord Aberdare Crossbench
- Vice Chair John Howell Conservative
- Vice Chair Seema Kennedy Conservative
- Treasurer Chris White Conservative
Membership as at May 2015
Lord Aberdare- Crossbencher | Lord Addington MP - Lib Dem | Jake Berry MP - Con | Gordon Birstwhistle MP - Lib Dem | Neil Carmichael MP - Con | Paul Blomfield MP - Lab | Nic Dakin MP - Lab | Michelle Donelan MP - Con | Gemma Doyle MP - Lab | Baroness Garden - Lib Dem | Matthew Hancock MP - Con | Richard Harrington MP - Con | Lord Haskel - Lab | Baroness Healy MP - Lab | Kelvin Hopkins MP - Lab | Simon Hughes MP - Lib Dem | Marcus Jones MP - Con | Lord Laird | Stephen Lloyd MP - Lib Dem | Jack Lopresti MP - Con | Jason McCartney MP - Con | Liz McInnes MP - Lab | Catherin McKinnell MP - Lab | Lord Monks - Lab | Guy Opperman MP - Con | Ian Paisley MP - DUP Chris Pincher MP - Con | David Simpson MP - DUP | Robin Walker MP - Con | Baroness Wall - Lab |[3]
Associate Sponsors
Due to the interest in delivering high quality apprenticeships, some organisations are now associate sponsors of the APPGA as of May 2015. They are as follows;
AAT | BAE Systems | Battersea Power Station | Carillion | The Creative Tech Consortium | Heathrow Airport | Microsoft | Network Rail | OCR <ref> Sponsorrship List supplied to Spinwatch, 22 September
Notes
- ↑ All Party Parliamentary Group for ApprenticeshipsParliament Website, accessed 30 September 2015
- ↑ Connect Communications SecretariatParliament Website, accessed 30 September 2015
- ↑ Membership List supplied to Spinwatch, 22 September 2015
