Member

Amendment 10 would create a duty on the Secretary of State to publish an annual report setting out Skills England’s activities in the preceding year and to ensure that, in performing its functions, Skills England has regard to matters such as the quality of training and education and value for money. Noble Lords will notice that this amendment replicates the requirements that will be placed on Skills England as a result of its establishment as an executive agency, as I have already set out. It describes those matters which the Secretary of State already considers, in accordance with her duties under general public law, and which are those generally included in framework documents signed between sponsor departments and executive agencies.