Submission 118
Spring Budget Submission 2024
AELP Submission to HM Treasury – FE and Skills
AELP Response
Summary
The Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to HM Treasury ahead of the 2024 Spring Budget in March. In Autumn 2023, AELP published Skills Means Growth our vision for the future of the further education sector, highlighting the link between skills and economic growth. This builds on our recent Save Our Skills System campaign and open letter to the Secretary of State for Education. AELP’s submission leans on both our campaign and our future vision and focuses on five specific asks from the Government in the upcoming Spring Budget which in summary are:
- Closing the gap between the DfE’s apprenticeship programme budget and the apprenticeship levy take.
- Focusing on the value of an all-age apprenticeship system.
- Removing barriers to support for SMEs.
- Increasing social mobility through the skill system by aligning the different components more effectively.
- Investing in adult education funding
Spring Budget Submission 2024
AELP Submission to HM Treasury – FE and Skills
Submission 118
