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Education: Business

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to reinstate the Business Engagement Forum to help ensure collaboration between officials in her Department and industry leaders.

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 24 Mar 2025
Answer: 28 Apr 2025 · 40 calendar days after tabling

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19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will take steps to reinstate the Business Engagement Forum to help ensure collaboration between officials in her Department and industry leaders.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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28 Apr 2025
Answer published
With the creation of Skills England, the department has developed a wider range of employer engagement routes.In October 2024, following the publication of the first Skills England report, a series of round tables were conducted, engaging over 100 stakeho...

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