Government officials and experts questioned on social mobility

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Witnesses

The evidence sessions will take place on Wednesday 8 July 2015, Committee Room 4A, Palace of Westminster

At 11.05am

• Juliet Chua, Director Post-16 and Disadvantage Group, Department for Education
• Andrew Battarbee, Deputy Director, Vocational Education Strategy, Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Peter Clark, Head of the Participation and Careers Unit, Department for Education
• Oliver Newton, Head of the Apprenticeship Growth, Strategy and Legislation Team, Department for Education and Department for Business, Innovation & Skills

At approximately 12.00 noon

• Dr Claire Crawford, Research Fellow at the Institute of Fiscal Studies
• Dr Abigail McKnight, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London School of Economics
• Moira McKerracher, Deputy Director, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Likely topics

Topics likely to be covered are:

• the Government's plans to improve outcomes and opportunities for school leavers, particularly for the 'missing middle'- the group of young people who are not on the 'royal route' of A-levels and higher education nor are classified as not in employment, education or training (NEET)
• the changes to the child poverty targets announced last week and the impact these changes will have on social mobility
• use of the labour market information in the development of policy; the quality of careers guidance; and the impact of the changes being made to the adult skills budget
• the factors that influence upward social mobility
• the impact of the structural changes to the economy upon expected outcomes for young people, and
• how to encourage employers to offer more apprenticeships, traineeships and work experiences placements

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