Agenda and minutes

2.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the Committee. Apologies were received from Dafydd Elis-Thomas; there was no substitution.

Careers Wales

Trina Neilson - Chief Executive

Shirley Rogers - Regional Director

2.1 The Chair welcomed Trina Neilson and Shirley Rogers from Careers Wales. Members questioned the witnesses.

Action Points

Careers Wales agreed to;

·         provide the number of Apprenticeships they have advertised over the years and the routes within which they were placed

·         provide the number of Apprenticeship placements across Wales as a percentage of the vacancies that have been notified to them

·         provide the statistics of where young people aged 16, 17, 18 go, on a Wales county by county basis.

Federation of Small Businesses Wales

Iestyn Davies – Head of External Affairs

Joshua Miles – Policy Advisor

3.1 The Chair welcomed Iestyn Davies and Joshua Miles from the Federation of Small Businesses Wales. Members questioned the witnesses.

Action Point

·         Federation of Small Businesses agreed to provide the Committee with any figures on the proportion of Apprenticeships that go on to secure full time work after completion of their Apprenticeships. 

e-skills UK

Peter Sishton - Manager for Wales

Mel Welch - Pathways Manager

Care Council for Wales

Roberta Hayes - Director of Learning and Development

Jacky Drysdale - FE Learning Supply Manager

Energy & Utility Skills (Cymru)  

Aled Davies – Energy and Utility Skills’ Wales Manager

Helen White - Apprenticeship Manager

The Chair welcomed Peter Sishton, Mel Welch from e-skills UK, Roberta Hayes, Jacky Drysdale from Care Council for Wales and Aled Davies, Helen White from Energy & Utility Skills Cymru. Members questioned the witnesses.

Action Point

·         e-skills agreed to provide information on the number of companies that are sponsoring high-level apprenticeships (e.g. Level 3).

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