UK Commission for Employment and Skills
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| Abbreviation | UKCES |
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| Formation | 1 April 2008 |
| Type | Quango |
| Legal status | Company limited by guarantee (No.6425800) |
| Purpose | Producing labour market intelligence; increasing employer investment in skills and providing strategic advice and insight on skills and employment issues throughout the UK |
| Headquarters | Renaissance House |
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Region served
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UK |
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Membership
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Sector Skills Councils |
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Chief Executive
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Ian Kinder |
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Main organ
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Commission (Chairman - Charlie Mayfield) |
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Parent organization
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Employment and Learning |
| Affiliations | Sector Skills Councils |
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Budget
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£63.5 million(2011-2) |
| Website | UKCES |
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills was a non-departmental public body that provided advice on skills and employment policy to the UK Government and the Devolved Administrations.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills closed in March 2017
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 Leitch Review of Skills, the UK Commission for Employment and Skills was an executive Non-Departmental Public Body which superseded the former Sector Skills Development Agency and the National Employment Panel. Government funding for UKCES was withdrawn in late 2016 which led to its inevitable closure.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 HM Government.
Discussions around the closure of UKCES began in late 2015 with the release of the 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:
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:
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