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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department provided support to the World Skills 2011 event held at the Excel Arena on 5 to 8 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department provided support to the World Skills 2011 event held at the Excel Arena on 5 to 8 October 2011.
Asked by
Andrew Rosindell
(Conservative)
Answered by
John Hayes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 October 2011
For answer on
13 October 2011
Answered on
20 October 2011
Yes, alongside significant investment from the private sector. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is the Government sponsor of WorldSkills London 2011, and its legacy.The event, the largest international vocational skills competition in modern history, was a resounding success and the UK was ranked fifth out of 48 countries, surpassing our performance at the last WorldSkills competition in Calgary in 2009.
Subjects
Employment; Exhibitions; WorldSkills
Date
20 October 2011
Reference
74480; 533 c1149W
House
House of Commons
The Minister may be aware that the selections for the UK WorldSkills squad are due to take place in anticipation of the 60th WorldSkills competition, held in London next year. One of the selection events is taking place in my constituency at the excellent North Warwickshire and Hinckley college during November. Will the Minister consider accompanying me on a visit to the college during that week, to see the excellent work that the students are doing?
The Minister may be aware that the selections for the UK WorldSkills squad are due to take place in anticipation of the 60th WorldSkills competition, held in London next year. One of the selection events is taking place in my constituency at the excellent North Warwickshire and Hinckley college during November. Will the Minister consider accompanying me on a visit to the college during that week, to see the excellent work that the students are doing?
Asked by
Marcus Jones
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Topical questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
8 July 2010
I can see that I will be busy travelling the whole country. Of course I will—WorldSkills matters and celebrates success; there was cross-party agreement about that. I will support the event in his constituency and WorldSkills more generally.
Subjects
WorldSkills; Business; Coastal areas; New businesses
Date
8 July 2010
Reference
513 c523-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials his Department plans to send to WorldSkills Calgary 2009.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials his Department plans to send to WorldSkills Calgary 2009.
Asked by
David Evennett
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Brennan of Canton
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 July 2009
For answer on
8 July 2009
Answered on
21 July 2009
The Department will be sending one official to the WorldSkills Calgary 2009 event.
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
21 July 2009
Reference
496 c1763W; 285527
House
House of Commons
That this House congratulates London for winning the bid to host the WorldSkills Competition 2011; recognises that hosting the competition will drive up standards and the status of skills within the UK; notes that hosting the WorldSkills Competition will have a significant and positive impact on the preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games and its legacy; believes that it will be a triumph for both the UK's skills levels and the economy; and wishes the UK every success in hosting the competition.
That this House congratulates London for winning the bid to host the WorldSkills Competition 2011; recognises that hosting the competition will drive up standards and the status of skills within the UK; notes that hosting the WorldSkills Competition will have a significant and positive impact on the preparation for the...
Primary sponsor
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Subjects
Employment; Training; WorldSkills
Date
10 May 2006
Reference
2139
House
House of Commons
I am sure that the whole House will join the Minister in hoping that the UK bid triumphs in Melbourne in May. Will my hon. Friend tell the House what role he thinks that world skills 2011 could play in meeting the distinctive skills needs of each region of the UK?
I am sure that the whole House will join the Minister in hoping that the UK bid triumphs in Melbourne in May. Will my hon. Friend tell the House what role he thinks that world skills 2011 could play in meeting the distinctive skills needs of each region of the UK?
Asked by
Angela C Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 April 2006
I attended the world skills championship in Finland last year. It was genuinely inspiring as we saw young people competing to demonstrate their skills at the highest level, benchmarking themselves against the rest of the world. I hope that we have full support across this House for our bid to host the championship. Whatever the result in Melbourne on 10 May, we intend to re-energise skills competitions over the next five years so that we really celebrate success. We are going to create a new framework at local, regional, national and international levels to ensure that we raise the profile of skills, raise aspirations and improve supply. In Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and all the English regions, we can target skills competitions around skills needs in the different regions and nations of this country.
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c693
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
We welcome the bid to stage the world skills championship. However, the Minister knows that, as the leaked report has shown, Britain faces a skills crisis, particularly a language skills crisis. A Secondary Heads Association survey reveals that the number of post-14 pupils studying languages is plummeting and only a fifth of 15-year-olds now study a foreign language. A Government-sponsored report shows that Britain is bottom of the class in Europe for language skills; 28th out of 28 countries. In Olympic terms, the Minister is the Eddie the Eagle of language skills. Given that failure, in what specific ways did the Government take account of language skills when designing the new vocational diplomas?
We welcome the bid to stage the world skills championship. However, the Minister knows that, as the leaked report has shown, Britain faces a skills crisis, particularly a language skills crisis. A Secondary Heads Association survey reveals that the number of post-14 pupils studying languages is plummeting and only a fifth of 15-year-olds now study a foreign language. A Government-sponsored report shows that Britain is bottom of the class in Europe for language skills; 28th out of 28 countries. In Olympic terms, the Minister is the Eddie the Eagle of language skills. Given that failure, in what specific ways did the Government take account of language skills when designing the new vocational diplomas?
Asked by
John Hayes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
27 April 2006
The Education and Inspections Bill, which the hon. Gentleman and I are currently discussing as we take it through Parliament, will give us the opportunity to discuss the future of the national curriculum, including the importance that the Government place on encouraging young people to take up language opportunities, not least in primary schools as well as secondary schools, and to make modern foreign languages attractive and interesting for young people across the piece.
I want to emphasise that if we succeed in our bid to host the world skills championship, which will attract representatives from 45 countries from across the world to London, young people from Newham will act as volunteers, teaming up with each country's team of young people to provide them with a tailor-made service, including being able to speak to them and support them in the languages of their nations. That is because we have such a rich cultural diversity of young people and nations in our capital city of London.
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c693-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I attended the world skills championship in Finland last year. It was genuinely inspiring as we saw young people competing to demonstrate their skills at the highest level, benchmarking themselves against the rest of the world. I hope that we have full support across this House for our bid to host the championship. Whatever the result in Melbourne on 10 May, we intend to re-energise skills competitions over the next five years so that we really celebrate success. We are going to create a new framework at local, regional, national and international levels to ensure that we raise the profile of skills, raise aspirations and improve supply. In Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and all the English regions, we can target skills competitions around skills needs in the different regions and nations of this country.
I attended the world skills championship in Finland last year. It was genuinely inspiring as we saw young people competing to demonstrate their skills at the highest level, benchmarking themselves against the rest of the world. I hope that we have full support across this House for our bid to host the championship. Whatever the result in Melbourne on 10 May, we intend to re-energise skills competitions over the next five years so that we really celebrate success. We are going to create a new framework at local, regional, national and international levels to ensure that we raise the profile of skills, raise aspirations and improve supply. In Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and all the English regions, we can target skills competitions around skills needs in the different regions and nations of this country.
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Asked by
Angela C Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
I am sure that the whole House will join the Minister in hoping that the UK bid triumphs in Melbourne in May. Will my hon. Friend tell the House what role he thinks that world skills 2011 could play in meeting the distinctive skills needs of each region of the UK?
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c693
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Education and Inspections Bill, which the hon. Gentleman and I are currently discussing as we take it through Parliament, will give us the opportunity to discuss the future of the national curriculum, including the importance that the Government place on encouraging young people to take up language opportunities, not least in primary schools as well as secondary schools, and to make modern foreign languages attractive and interesting for young people across the piece.
I want to emphasise that if we succeed in our bid to host the world skills championship, which will attract representatives from 45 countries from across the world to London, young people from Newham will act as volunteers, teaming up with each country's team of young people to provide them with a tailor-made service, including being able to speak to them and support them in the languages of their nations. That is because we have such a rich cultural diversity of young people and nations in our capital city of London.
The Education and Inspections Bill, which the hon. Gentleman and I are currently discussing as we take it through Parliament, will give us the opportunity to discuss the future of the national curriculum, including the importance that the Government place on encouraging young people to take up language opportunities, not least in primary schools as well as secondary schools, and to make modern foreign languages attractive and interesting for young people across the piece.
I want to emphasise that if we succeed in our bid to host the world skills championship, which will attract representatives from 45 countries from across the world to London, young people from Newham will act as volunteers, teaming up with each country's team of young people to provide them with a tailor-made service, including being able to speak to them and support them in the languages of their nations. That is because we have such a rich cultural diversity of young people and nations in our capital city of London.
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Asked by
John Hayes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
We welcome the bid to stage the world skills championship. However, the Minister knows that, as the leaked report has shown, Britain faces a skills crisis, particularly a language skills crisis. A Secondary Heads Association survey reveals that the number of post-14 pupils studying languages is plummeting and only a fifth of 15-year-olds now study a foreign language. A Government-sponsored report shows that Britain is bottom of the class in Europe for language skills; 28th out of 28 countries. In Olympic terms, the Minister is the Eddie the Eagle of language skills. Given that failure, in what specific ways did the Government take account of language skills when designing the new vocational diplomas?
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c693-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Hosting the world skills championship in London will offer world skills a global stage, and it will also bring economic and social rewards to the UK. The brochure links world skills 2011 with the 2012 Olympics. That link between excellence in sport and excellence in skills forms a unique offer to world skills, and it will help us to change public attitudes in this country about skills. I should add that the Government are match funding and underwriting the whole event.
Hosting the world skills championship in London will offer world skills a global stage, and it will also bring economic and social rewards to the UK. The brochure links world skills 2011 with the 2012 Olympics. That link between excellence in sport and excellence in skills forms a unique offer to world skills, and it will help us to change public attitudes in this country about skills. I should add that the Government are match funding and underwriting the whole event.
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Asked by
Angela C Smith
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support her Department will be giving to the World Skills Championship to be held in 2011; and if she will make a statement.
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c692-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support her Department will be giving to the World Skills Championship to be held in 2011; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what support her Department will be giving to the World Skills Championship to be held in 2011; and if she will make a statement.
Asked by
Angela C Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
24 April 2006
For answer on
27 April 2006
Answered on
27 April 2006
Hosting the world skills championship in London will offer world skills a global stage, and it will also bring economic and social rewards to the UK. The brochure links world skills 2011 with the 2012 Olympics. That link between excellence in sport and excellence in skills forms a unique offer to world skills, and it will help us to change public attitudes in this country about skills. I should add that the Government are match funding and underwriting the whole event.
Subjects
Basic skills; World Skills Olympics
Date
27 April 2006
Reference
445 c692-3; 66205
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to bring the Skills Olympics to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to bring the Skills Olympics to the UK.
Asked by
Margaret Moran
(Labour)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 February 2006
For answer on
9 February 2006
Answered on
9 February 2006
Following a successful Pre-Qualification Visit from the WorldSkills Executive in January, we are now preparing a formal bid to host the 2011 WorldSkills Competition in London. The final decision will be made in Melbourne on 10 May, by secret ballot of WorldSkills member countries. A period of international lobbying prior to this will focus on securing the votes of countries considered undecided or unlikely to vote for the UK.Our bid will focus on the UK's ability to raise WorldSkills' profile and reputation by giving the competition a global stage from which to spread its messages. We aim to establish links with media interest in the 2012 Olympics (held only six months after WorldSkills 2011) to associate world class achievement in sport with world class achievement in skills in the public mind, and change perceptions of vocational education and training positively and permanently.The social and economic diversity of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland offers a distinctive experience to competitors and observers alike, and a unique opportunity to extend the reach and impact of the competition to many different countries and communities.If our bid is successful, the Government will build a social partnership with individuals, partners and business to encourage skills investment across the UK. This will be a national wide celebration of world class vocational skills, and promises to be a very exciting time, with the potential to offer great economic and social rewards for the whole of the UK.
Subjects
Education; Training; WorldSkills
Date
9 February 2006
Reference
49954; 442 c1338-9W;442 c1338-9W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of hosting the WorldSkills Competition in the UK on the (a) economy and (b) skills levels of (i) the host regional areas and (ii) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of hosting the WorldSkills Competition in the UK on the (a) economy and (b) skills levels of (i) the host regional areas and (ii) the UK.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 December 2005
For answer on
20 December 2005
Answered on
9 January 2006
It is difficult to assess the potential impact of an event such as the WorldSkills Competition as it has benefits to the UK, to the host region, and a number of wider, less tangible, legacy effects. These benefits include enhancing the value which, as a nation, we place on skills, changing our attitudes towards vocational and academic qualifications, raising the aspirations of individuals, providers and employers, and improving permanently the supply of and demand for world class skills in the UK.Prior to submitting our Expression of Interest PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned to carry out a study looking at the feasibility of a UK bid to host WorldSkills. Their report considered the wider social and economic benefits of a UK bid. The hosting region would benefit directly from increased visitor expenditure, as well as from visitor travel to and from the event. Other benefits, for both the region and the UK as a whole, would include an enhanced commitment to skills development, increased attainment in skills and participation in training, leading to increased productivity and earnings. In addition, because highly trained people tend to have higher lifetime earnings, this would be expected to lead to additional taxation receipts which would benefit the UK as a whole over time.The UK bid is adopting a partnership approach as a way of securing direct and indirect legacy effects throughout the UK. At its first meeting on 7 December, the UK wide Steering Group confirmed the value of this approach and stressed the importance of ‘diversity' and ‘inclusion' to help build a sustainable skills competitions infrastructure in each region of the UK. This has the support of the Government and Ministers in each of the Devolved Administrations and will help to make the UK bid distinctive and, hopefully successful.
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
9 January 2006
Reference
39309; 441 c440W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the Government plan to prepare for the UK WorldSkills bid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the Government plan to prepare for the UK WorldSkills bid.
Asked by
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
16 December 2005
For answer on
20 December 2005
Answered on
20 December 2005
The preparation work for the bid is already well advanced, and is being shared between the UK Government and skills partners in the business, voluntary and public sectors. This will help to build an enduring social partnership which will promote a higher level of skills investment across the UK as an important legacy effect. A national coalition of skills partners, including the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), Sector Skills Development Agency (SSDA), Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Investors in People UK (IiP UK), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the devolved Administrations, is working hard to secure the funding we need.We have put in place a Project Board and a UK-wide steering group chaired by myself to manage the bid process. At its first meeting on 7 December, the steering group endorsed the partnership approach as the best way forward and approved the plans for the Pre-Qualification Visit in January.In January a team from the WorldSkills Executive Board will visit us to validate our Expression of Interest against their essential criteria for hosting the event. If these criteria are met, we will be invited to submit a full bid. Our task will be to showcase the best that London can offer and convince the WorldSkills assessors that we mean business. We will then work with the LSC, the SSDA, IiP UK, UK Skills and the devolved Administrations to submit a full bid by 31 March 2006.Our bid will eventually be presented to the WorldSkills Council in Melbourne in May, where we will find ourselves competing against France, Sweden and Australia. If successful, we will then build the national organisation and funding model we need to deliver the event.
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
20 December 2005
Reference
39310; 440 c2745W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what skills areas she has identified for targeting in the 2011 WorldSkills Competition, should the UK win the bid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what skills areas she has identified for targeting in the 2011 WorldSkills Competition, should the UK win the bid.
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 December 2005
For answer on
19 December 2005
Answered on
20 December 2005
The UK put forward 18 competitors at the 2005 WorldSkills competition in Helsinki. In 2011 we aim to field a full team comprising over 40 competitors in skills ranging from welding and autobody repair, to beauty therapy and restaurant service. We will use the Japan 2007 and Canada 2009 competitions to build our capacity to do this. By 2011 we hope to have a pool of young people trained to a world class standard from which to select the UK team.If our bid for 2011 is successful we will also be able to showcase a number of ““demonstration skills”” reflecting our developing skills priorities as the host nation. Discussions about these priorities are still at an early stage, as we have yet to submit our bid, but current ideas include customer service, dance (traditional, modern and ethnic based), IT skills for use in the City, or updated versions of traditional skills (i.e. construction skills). Our final choice will not be made until 2007–09.
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
20 December 2005
Reference
38714; 440 c2746W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received on the UK's bid to host the 2011 WorldSkills Competition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received on the UK's bid to host the 2011 WorldSkills Competition.
Asked by
Barry Sheerman
(Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answered by
Phil Hope
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 December 2005
For answer on
19 December 2005
Answered on
20 December 2005
The Expression of Interest that we submitted to WorldSkills in September included letters of ““in principle”” support from Allan Wilson (Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Scottish Executive) and Angela Smith MP (Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland). We have also received written ““in principle”” support from Jane Davidson, the Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning, Welsh Assembly, as well as letters from Sir Digby Jones, Director General of the CBI, Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, Sir Roy Gardner, Chief Executive of Centrica plc, and Carry Hawkes, Chair of Edge. Discussions are also on-going with various bodies to provide sponsorship (both in cash and in kind) for the bid as well as the event itself, should we be successful. These include the Corporation of London, City & Guilds, the Honda Institute, and various media organisations.
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
20 December 2005
Reference
440 c2745-6W; 38713
House
House of Commons
That this House supports wholeheartedly the UK's planned bid for the 2011 WorldSkills Competition; commends the WorldSkills competitions for recognising outstanding achievement and providing the motivation and knowledge to aspire to higher standards; notes the success of previous countries who have held the WorldSkills Competition, including Finland, Switzerland and Korea; believes that WorldSkills 2011 would be a triumph for the nation's skills and for the economy in general, particularly in the run-up to the Olympic Games; recognises the fundraising ability of those involved in the bid and the relative ease of securing the necessary funds over the next five years; and urges the Government to lend its unconditional support to winning the bid.
That this House supports wholeheartedly the UK's planned bid for the 2011 WorldSkills Competition; commends the WorldSkills competitions for recognising outstanding achievement and providing the motivation and knowledge to aspire to higher standards; notes the success of previous countries who have held the WorldSkills Competition, including Finland, Switzerland and Korea;...
Primary sponsor
Gordon Marsden
(Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Amended by
Jeff Ennis
Amended on
12 January 2006
Subjects
WorldSkills
Date
20 December 2005
Reference
1309; 1309A1
House
House of Commons