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| Cameron pledge on apprenticeships | Cameron pledge on apprenticeships |
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| The Conservatives are vowing to create 100,000 more places for apprentices, saying the initiative would help to build family and social stability. | The Conservatives are vowing to create 100,000 more places for apprentices, saying the initiative would help to build family and social stability. |
| Tory leader David Cameron says his party would offer small and medium businesses in England £2,000 for every person who completed an apprenticeship. | Tory leader David Cameron says his party would offer small and medium businesses in England £2,000 for every person who completed an apprenticeship. |
| The party believes getting more people into such schemes will encourage them to have more stable relationships. | The party believes getting more people into such schemes will encourage them to have more stable relationships. |
| Ministers say apprenticeships have doubled in the past decade. | Ministers say apprenticeships have doubled in the past decade. |
| Mr Cameron said the government had failed to deliver on its skills and training agenda. | |
| Speaking at the launch of his party's "training and apprenticeships revolution" in Westminster, he said that the number of NEETs (not in education, employment or training) had gone up under Labour by a quarter. | |
| Shadow skills secretary David Willetts said: "There is a lot of evidence that if we want people to hold down a stable family relationship, being able to hold down a stable job is a particularly important part it. | Shadow skills secretary David Willetts said: "There is a lot of evidence that if we want people to hold down a stable family relationship, being able to hold down a stable job is a particularly important part it. |
| "These young men, they are being left to their own devices, not given the kind of practical training they really need so they are not getting into decent work. | "These young men, they are being left to their own devices, not given the kind of practical training they really need so they are not getting into decent work. |
| "If you tackle that problem you can really start making a difference." | "If you tackle that problem you can really start making a difference." |
| Definition | Definition |
| The Conservatives say there is a need to have more higher level apprenticeships - equal to A-level standards - and to cut the bureaucracy involved. | The Conservatives say there is a need to have more higher level apprenticeships - equal to A-level standards - and to cut the bureaucracy involved. |
| However there would not be extra money available, Mr Cameron said at the launch. | |
| Mr Willetts told the BBC's Today programme Gordon Brown had only increased the numbers of apprenticeships by changing the definition of what one was. | Mr Willetts told the BBC's Today programme Gordon Brown had only increased the numbers of apprenticeships by changing the definition of what one was. |
| "Now, things that would have been in the past dismissed as youth training schemes have been re-labelled as apprenticeships," he said. | "Now, things that would have been in the past dismissed as youth training schemes have been re-labelled as apprenticeships," he said. |
| England's Skills Secretary John Denham said the number of apprenticeships had more than doubled under Labour, from 75,000 in 1997 to 180,000 last year. | England's Skills Secretary John Denham said the number of apprenticeships had more than doubled under Labour, from 75,000 in 1997 to 180,000 last year. |
| Labour aimed to increase the proportion of young people taking up apprenticeships from one in 15 to one in five in the next decade, with funding increasing from £900m this year to more than £1bn in 2010, he said. | Labour aimed to increase the proportion of young people taking up apprenticeships from one in 15 to one in five in the next decade, with funding increasing from £900m this year to more than £1bn in 2010, he said. |
| Promises | Promises |
| "Everyone knows that apprenticeships nearly disappeared under the Tories, so any promises they make this week will have no credibility," said Mr Denham. | "Everyone knows that apprenticeships nearly disappeared under the Tories, so any promises they make this week will have no credibility," said Mr Denham. |
| "The Tories are promising to pay tens of millions of pounds to employers whose employees already successfully complete their apprenticeships. | "The Tories are promising to pay tens of millions of pounds to employers whose employees already successfully complete their apprenticeships. |
| "Yet again, the Tories are making promises but keeping everyone in the dark on how they would pay for their plans." | "Yet again, the Tories are making promises but keeping everyone in the dark on how they would pay for their plans." |
| Mark Farrar, director of corporate services at the ConstructionSkills sector skills council said: "The construction industry misses out on thousands of would-be apprentices every year because of a lack of employer placements, therefore a move by any party to promote and introduce new initiatives to boost apprenticeships is great news for the construction industry. | Mark Farrar, director of corporate services at the ConstructionSkills sector skills council said: "The construction industry misses out on thousands of would-be apprentices every year because of a lack of employer placements, therefore a move by any party to promote and introduce new initiatives to boost apprenticeships is great news for the construction industry. |
| "In the last few years, Labour has taken some big steps to help 'upskill' the current workforce, and it's reassuring that other political parties also recognise the continued need to address skills needs within our sector. | "In the last few years, Labour has taken some big steps to help 'upskill' the current workforce, and it's reassuring that other political parties also recognise the continued need to address skills needs within our sector. |
| "It will be interesting to see how the Conservative Party view the role of the public sector as a client, because with just over 31% of construction output in 2006, the public sector is the single largest customer to the industry." | "It will be interesting to see how the Conservative Party view the role of the public sector as a client, because with just over 31% of construction output in 2006, the public sector is the single largest customer to the industry." |