The UK Commission for Employment and Skills was a

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that provided advice on

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and

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to the

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and the Devolved Administrations. The UK Commission for Employment and Skills closed in March 2017.

History

Created on 1 April 2008, registered as a company on 13 November 2007, and subsequently closed in late 2016/ early 2017. UKCES was formed as a key recommendation of the 2006

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HM Treasury, December 2006 of Skills, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills was an executive

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which superseded the former Sector Skills Development Agency and the National Employment Panel. Government funding for UKCES was withdrawn in late 2016 which led to its inevitable closure. It survived the 2010 Cabinet Office Review of Public Bodies, also known as the ''bonfire of the quangos'', and was given the green light on 24 February 2011 to continue as a NDPB. Along with other NDPBs, it was subject to a triennial review conducted by

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. Discussions around the closure of UKCES began in late 2015 with the release of th
Public Spending Review and Autumn Spending Review 2015
where it was recommended that public funding be preserved instead for candidate participation. Throughout 2016 UKCES worked alongside government departments, its appointed Commissioners, stakeholders, and Nation representatives to either complete, wind down or migrate its functions. The following UKCES areas of work have ceased following completion:
Employer Ownership funded projects

Industrial Partnership projects

UK Futures Programme Projects
Although funding for these projects has ceased through UKCES the employer groups and intermediaries involved have in some instances continued to build upon, and take these projects forward independently. The following UKCES areas of work have continued and have been / are currently being migrated elsewhere within Government:
UK Wide Employer research
(Such as the Employer Perspectives Survey and the Employer Skills Survey)
Standards, Qualifications and Frameworks development
(Such as National Occupational Standards, Scottish Vocational Qualifications and Apprenticeship Frameworks in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland). The UK Commission for Employment and Skills also used to own

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. IIP has subsequently become independent and continues as its own entity. In its last few years UKCES was chaired by Sir Charlie Mayfield, Chairman of the

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Structure

The UK Commission was in its final years chaired by Sir

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, Chairman of the

, who succeeded the inaugural chairman,

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in November 2010. The Chief Executive is Ian Kinder. It was led by 3
Commissioners
comprising business people, trade unionists and education, employment and skills experts. Commissioners were appointed by government ministers.

References

External links

UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Investors In People
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History

Structure

See also

References

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