Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Skills)
Organisations:
Department for Education
Current role holder:
Alex Burghart MP
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- further education providers including provider finances and workforce
- T Levels and qualifications reviews (Levels 3 and below)
- apprenticeships including pre-apprenticeships
- adult education, including the National Skills Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund
- Skills Accelerators and Industry Training Boards
- careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
- reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
- student experience and widening participation in higher education
- international education strategy including education exports and international students
- coronavirus (COVID-19) response for universities, higher education institutions and further education services (jointly with Minister of State for Higher and Further Education)
Current role holder
Alex Burghart MP
Alex Burghart was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education on 16 September 2021.
Alex was elected as Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar on 8 June 2017.