Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 3772
A bill to transfer the functions of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education, and its property, rights and liabilities, to the Secretary of State; to abolish the Institute; and to make amendments relating to the transferred functions.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Department for Education
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In plain English
Policy background 2 This Bill forms part of the Government’s wider reforms to further education (FE) and provides further legislative underpinnings required to deliver the 2024 manifesto commitment to establish Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education (DfE). It is the Government’s intention that Skills England will be an Executive Agency of the DfE, which will bring together existing functions, including statutory functions currently held by IfATE, into a single organisation.
The papers we read for this bill do not say who would be affected if it became law.
Scrutiny of delegated legislation The Government has taken care to consider the appropriate level of parliamentary scrutiny for secondary legislation made under the Bill, by setting out various circumstances where use of the powers will require the draft affirmative procedure which will ensure that the legislation cannot be passed without a debate and approval in both Houses.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: Policy background 2 This Bill forms part of the Government’s wider reforms to further education (FE) and provides further legislative underpinnings required to deliver the 2024 manifesto commitment to establish Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education (DfE). It is the Government’s intention that Skills England will be an Executive Agency of the DfE, which will bring together existing functions, including statutory functions currently held by IfATE, into a single organisation.. The people who would notice most are: we are still checking who that would be. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: Scrutiny of delegated legislation The Government has taken care to consider the appropriate level of parliamentary scrutiny for secondary legislation made under the Bill, by setting out various circumstances where use of the powers will require the draft affirmative procedure which will ensure that the legislation cannot be passed without a debate and approval in both Houses..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
Policy background 2 This Bill forms part of the Government’s wider reforms to further education (FE) and provides further legislative underpinnings required to deliver the 2024 manifesto commitment to establish Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education (DfE). It is the Government’s intention that Skills England will be an Executive Agency of the DfE, which will bring together existing functions, including statutory functions currently held by IfATE, into a single organisation.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Department for Education.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 became law. The official papers we read covered most of the Green Book five cases with concrete detail. That does not prove the outcome was “right” — it means the case on paper was relatively complete for accountability scrutiny.
Strategic: Policy background 2 This Bill forms part of the Government’s wider reforms to further education (FE) and provides further legislative underpinnings required to deliver the 2024 manifesto commitment to establish Skills England, a new Arm’s Length Body of the Department for Education (DfE). It is the Government’s intention that Skills England will be an Executive Agency of the DfE, which will bring together existing functions, including statutory functions currently held by IfATE, into a single organisation.
Economic: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not give a figure in pounds for what it would cost or save. That is not a yes or no on the bill.
Commercial: • Making transitional arrangements to ensure continuity of approved qualifications and standards, and for the transfer of functions from IfATE to the DfE by: o Creating a power to make a transfer scheme to transition assets, liabilities and contracts from IfATE to DfE. The scheme will be concerned with administrative and operational matters and will contain detailed references to property, rights and liabilities (for example lists of contracts).
Financial: I committed to providing more information about levy funding of non-apprenticeship training to the Honourable Member for Harborough, Oadby and Wigston, which I think will be of interest to the wider Committee. Funding challenges continue to impact apprenticeship delivery, with apprenticeship levy reforms needed to ensure training remains high-quality and adequately resourced.
Management: This Bill will enable this by: • Transferring functions from IfATE to the Secretary of State. o Providing the option for each standard and apprenticeship assessment plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State rather than by a ‘group of persons’ (such as a group of key employers), where this is deemed necessary or appropriate, and does not risk undermining quality.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2017-04-28
Technical and Further Education Act 2017
Same policy area (“Education”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2022-05-05
Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022
Same policy area (“Education”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2024-10-03
Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023
Same policy area (“Education”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2023-09-21
Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Act 2023
Same policy area (“Education”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2022-04-05
Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Act 2022
Same policy area (“Education”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.