title: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
text: # Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
  
  The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills (also known as Apprenticeships and Skills Minister) is a junior ministerial position in the Department for Education in the British government. It was held by Alex Burghart MP, who took office on 17 September 2021, until his resignation on 6 July 2022.
  
  ## Responsibilities
  
  The minister is responsible for the following:
  
  * Strategy for post-16 education (jointly with Minister of State for Universities)
  * Technical education and skills including T Levels and qualifications review
  * Apprenticeships including traineeships
  * Further education workforce
  * Further education provider market including quality and improvement and further education efficiency
  * Adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and basic skills
  * Institutes of Technology and National Colleges
  * Reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
  * Careers education, information and guidance including the Careers and Enterprise Company
  * Coronavirus (COVID-19) response for further education services
  
  ## List of ministers
  
  * Kevin Brennan (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills, Apprenticeships and Consumer Affairs)
  * John Hayes (Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning)
  * Matt Hancock (Minister of State for Skills and Enterprise)
  * Nick Boles (Minister of State for Skills)
  * Robert Halfon (Minister of State for Skills)
  * Anne Milton (Minister of State for Skills and Apprenticeships)
  * Gillian Keegan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
  * Alex Burghart (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills)
  