{"value":{"id":798065,"askingMemberId":395,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-11-30T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","uin":"HL3761","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any major infrastructure projects were invited to send a representative to the seminar on skills held by the Department for Education on 30 November; and if so, which.","answeringBodyId":60,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Education","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4689,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-12-14T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>My Rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State hosted The Skills Summit on 30 November which was attended by a number of Britain’s business and education experts. The Summit signalled the start of a new partnership between employers and government to drive a skills revolution.</p><p>The department invited representatives from all 15 technical routes, and over 100 organisations attended the Summit. HS2 and Crossrail were invited to the Summit, as well as companies in the transport, engineering and construction sectors.</p><p>We were pleased that Colas Rail, HS2, Kier, Severn Trent, Tarmac and Tomlinson were among the 30 founding Skills Partners announced at the Summit. Skills Partners commit to working with the government to develop the skills of young people from all backgrounds from across the country, offering apprenticeships and work placements to provide a route to employment for people of all ages.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Education: Training","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/798065","method":"GET"}]}