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Machinery of Government – Skills

16 September 2025

Proposing MP
Keir Starmer Lab
Holborn and St Pancras
Type
Written Ministerial Statement
Department
Prime Minister
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At a Glance

Issue Summary

The statement addresses a Machinery of Government change involving the transfer of certain responsibilities from the Department for Education to the Department for Work and Pensions.

Action Requested

Keir Starmer announces that apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers, and Skills England are being transferred to the Department for Work and Pensions as of today, while responsibility for higher education and younger individuals remains with the Department for Education.

Key Facts

  • Responsibility for apprenticeships, adult further education, skills, training and careers moves from the Department for Education to the Department for Work and Pensions.
  • Baroness Smith of Malvern will serve jointly across both departments.
  • Skills England is also being transferred to the Department for Work and Pensions.
  • This change took effect on 16 September 2025.
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