Impact assessment

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: impact assessment

Information on the measures set out in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill.

From:
Department for Education
Published
18 May 2021
Last updated
8 July 2022 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: final impact assessment

PDF, 1.6 MB, 201 pages

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill policy summary notes

PDF, 647 KB, 82 pages

Details

The impact assessment outlines the expected costs and benefits of the reforms set out in the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill. Estimates of the economic return from further education qualifications started in academic year 2018 to 2019 are also available.

The Bill provides the legislative basis for the reforms set out in the Skills for Jobs: lifelong for opportunity and growth white paper published in January 2021. More information about the bill is also available in this press release.

The European Convention on Human Rights memorandums are also available. They were prepared by the Department for Education to assist the Joint Committee on Human Rights with its scrutiny of the Bill.

The policy summary notes were created in November 2021 to support the passage of the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill, and may not reflect up-to-date information.

Review how well the education or training provided meets local needs statutory guidance.

Updates to this page

Published 18 May 2021
Last updated 8 July 2022 + show all updates

  1. Added the final version of The Skills and Post-16 Education Bill impact assessment. Removed the Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: European Convention on Human Rights memorandums and provided a link to them.

  2. We have removed draft statutory guidance - 'Review how well the education or training provided meets local needs' and added a link to the statutory version.

  3. Updated 'Details' information to clarify that the policy summary notes may not reflect up-to-date information.

  4. Added, 'Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: European Convention on Human Rights second supplementary memorandum '.

  5. The 'Skills and Post-16 Education Bill policy summary notes' and 'Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: supplementary policy notes' have been combined into the 'Skills and Post-16 Education Bill policy summary notes' document.

  6. Replaced 'The skills and post-16 Education Bill impact assessment' with 'The skills and post-16 Education Bill: updated impact assessment'. Added 'Skills and post-16 Education Bill: supplementary European Convention on Human Rights memorandum'.

  7. Added 'Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: supplementary policy notes'.

  8. Added draft statutory guidance.

  9. Added 'Policy summary notes'.

  10. First published.

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