§ Baroness Anelay of St Johnsasked Her Majesty's Government:
What support is being given by the Department for Education and Skills for the national qualification for the events industry. [HL1455]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Education and Skills (Baroness Ashton of Upholland)Currently the Department for Education and Skills works with and supports the Travel, Tourism Services and Events National Training Organisation (TTENTO), whose remit includes the development and promotion of national and Scottish vocational qualifications for the events industry.
We hope that the events industry will, along with others in the sector, play a full part in the development of a sector skills council (SSC), SSCs will be influential employer-led bodies with a strategic responsibility to identify and tackle priority skills, productivity and employability issues for sectors they represent.