(1)In Chapter A1 of Part 1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (apprenticeships: England), after section A7 insert—
(1)No later than nine months after the end of each reporting period the Secretary of State must publish—
(a)information about the progress made in the reporting period towards the apprenticeships target, and
(b)any other information about apprenticeships that the Secretary of State considers appropriate,
and must lay before Parliament a report setting out the information or indicating how it may be accessed.
(2)“The apprenticeships target” is that three million apprenticeships are entered into in England during the period beginning with 1 May 2015 and ending with 31 March 2020.
(3)The reporting periods are—
(a)the period beginning with 1 May 2015 and ending with 31 July 2016;
(b)the period beginning with 1 August 2016 and ending with 31 July 2017;
(c)the period beginning with 1 August 2017 and ending with 31 July 2018;
(d)the period beginning with 1 August 2018 and ending with 31 July 2019;
(e)the period beginning with 1 August 2019 and ending with 31 March 2020.
(4)In this section “apprenticeships” means—
(a)approved English apprenticeships;
(b)apprenticeship agreements within the meaning given in section 32;
(c)arrangements to undertake any other kind of working—
(i)in relation to which alternative English completion conditions apply under section 1(5), and
(ii)in connection with which training is to be provided in accordance with an apprenticeship framework within the meaning given in section 12.
A reference to a section in paragraph (b) or (c) is to the section as it applies in relation to England by virtue of provision made under section 115(9) of the Deregulation Act 2015.”
(2)The duty under the section inserted by subsection (1) to publish information relating to the reporting period ending with 31 July 2016 may be discharged, wholly or partly, by the publication of information before the day on which this section comes into force.
(3)Section A8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, and this section, are repealed on 31 March 2021.