How the plan grew

2. How the plan grew

3. National Context • Raising compulsory education or training to 18 by 2015 • Apprenticeship entitlement for 16-18 year olds by 2013 • Lord Leitch’s aspirations 400,000 apprentices in learning in 2020 (241,400 apprenticeships 2006/07) • Expansion 25+ apprenticeships • National Apprenticeship Review - World-class Apprenticeships: unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All. • Strengthen Apprenticeships • New Delivery System • Boosting Employer Supply • Culture Change • Address Inequalities

4. London Context • LSEB priorities • National Apprenticeship Review • Ministerial priority • Quality increasing: • 19% achieved apprenticeship 2003/04 • 60% achieved apprenticeship 2006/07 • Volume decreasing • London 5% national total • 9336 starts 2006/07 from 10438 in 2004/005 • Reduction 10% starts, 13% 16-18 year old and 7% 19+

5. London Context 06-07 only 12% of providers delivered 80%+ of contract value and 65%+ on framework success 06/07 £12.3 million underspend on WBL budget 07/08 to date £8 million unallocated on apprenticeships

6. Boosting Employer Supply • Main challenge to boost employer supply • Employer Journey • Market penetration 5% • Participating employers • Four fifths would consider more apprentice and would be encouraged to do so by an upturn in the market, additional government funding, expansion of 25+, cross sectoral frameworks etc • Non Participating • 75% little or no knowledge of the programme nor where to find out more • Two fifth thought fairly/very likely to get involved; • one fifth would not take on more;

7. Boosting Employer Supply - Occupations

8. Boosting Employer Supply Public Sector • Lammy and local authorities • LEST target 4000 apprentices in the public sector • Build on good practice Regeneration and Olympics • ODA • Other opportunities SME’s • Mori larger employer, more likely to have an apprentice • Ability to offer full framework • Expansion and contraction

9. Priority Actions • Apprenticeship Campaign • Sector/occupational area specific; • Year 1- current occupations; • Year 2- new occupations; • Geographical • Stakeholders • Ambassadors Network • Olympics and Regeneration • Public Sector Engagement • Trial of Over-training • Trials to support SME’s • Group Training • SME wage subsidy

10. Balancing Act Training Provider Capacity Employer Supply

11. Strengthening the offer • Volumes and Quality • Contract Termination • Average current contract £360K • Training provider market • Expanding volumes • Risk and innovation

12. Strengthening Apprenticeships • Increasing capacity • Train to Gain top ups; • Response funding; • Direct contracts with employers; • Joint investment fund; • Fully funded rates to support expansion in new sectors; • Assessor overtraining; • Innovation fund; • Management of providers; • Contract flexibilities • Performance management; • PLA’s • quality

13. Changing the culture • IAG and the candidate journey • NAVMS • Demand V’s Supply • Progression Routes • Into apprenticeships • From apprenticeships Actions to Address • IAG supported via partnership teams • Trial of progression routes • Trial of progression pathways

14. Addressing Inequalities Particular problems for London • BAME participation • Gender by sector • Disability • Geographical Actions to address: • Trial of BAME business engagement; • Mentoring support • Addressing through other trials, e.g. over training and group training; • Campaign support geographical equity

15. And onwards Actions from the Ministerial meeting: • Trajectories on one in five YP’s • Impact on FE and School Sixth Forms; • NEET and employment without training; • Wider definition of Young People? • Targets for growth by Secor/Occupational area; • Equality and Diversity • Local authority mapping targets and actions Back to LSEB and Task Force

16. Questions?