Welcoming the Government’s £180 investment in apprenticeships

I am delighted by the Government’s recent announcement that over the next four years an extra £180 million will be made available to fund apprenticeship schemes. This funding will create up to 50,000 more individual apprenticeships.

This is part of the largest expansion of adult apprenticeships in Britain’s recent history. The extra places mean that by 2015 funding will be available for a total of over 430,000 apprenticeships across the UK.

Cornish industry will play a leading role in providing those apprenticeships; many of our companies already enjoy an excellent reputation for realising the potential of local youngsters. 

I am delighted that the Government has committed to investing in Cornwall’s youth- the skills gained by our young people undertaking apprenticeships will bring jobs and prosperity to the Duchy over the coming years.