HM Government

Annex: Milestones

Here we set out the most important milestones for the policies announced within this White Paper and identify the government department that is responsible for them.

Key

BERR = Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
CLG = Communities and Local Government
CO = Cabinet Office
DCSF = Department for Children, Schools and Families
DH = Department of Health
DIUS = Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
DWP = Department for Work and Pensions
GEO = Government Equalities Office
HMRC = HM Revenue and Customs
HMT = HM Treasury
ODI = Office for Disability Issues
SETF = Social Exclusion Task Force

Other terms

AACS = Adult Advancement Careers Service
FE = Further Education
FSM = Free School Meals
HE = Higher Education
IAG = Information, Advice and Guidance
PSA = Public Service Agreement

Timing	Action	Owner
January 2009	January 2009 Interim Digital Britain report published	BERR
February 2009	Publishing proposals on low carbon industry, BERR which will lead to a new low carbon industry strategy later in the year	BERR
February 2009	Announcing the consortium delivering the National Body for Youth Leadership	DCSF
March 2009	Departments have in place cross-government action plans for those with learning disabilities and mental health conditions (as well as other PSA16 groups) employed in the Civil Service	CO, HMRC
April 2009	Pilot scheme to be extended to ensure access to high quality early learning and childcare for two-year-olds	DCSF
April 2009	Programme launched to encourage the most effective teachers into the most challenging schools	DCSF
April 2009	Publishing UKCES five year strategic plan for 2009 to 2014, setting out further details on the periodic strategic skills audit	BERR, DIUS
April 2009	Start of roll-out to expand employer-led Group Training Associations to offer Apprenticeships in their sectors	DIUS
April 2009	Begin introduction of up to 10 new Apprenticeship training associations	DIUS
April 2009	Start to increase the number of Apprenticeships available within public sector	DIUS
April 2009	Strengthening vocational pathways to HE	DIUS
April 2009	Supporting NHS to take measures to employ more people with mental health conditions and with learning disabilities	DH
April 2009	Introducing mentoring for care-leavers and families	DCSF, SETF
April 2009	Launch of v volunteer programmes	OTS
Spring 2009	Consulting on legislative proposals to eradicate child poverty	DWP, HMT, DCSF
Spring 2009	Launching a consultation on tackling socio-economic disadvantage	GEO
Spring 2009	Development of sector productivity and progression pilots to test how the provision of sector coordinated training and business support services can boost productivity and help create higher-value job opportunities	HMT
Spring 2009	Start piloting new initiatives in the manufacturing sector and, through London 2012, in the construction sector to ensure more employers will have access to workers with the relevant skills	DIUS
Spring 2009	Establishing a pilot project to assess the effectiveness of online business and enterprise mentor networks for young people and disadvantaged schoolchildren	BERR
Spring 2009	Directly funding the Prince's Trust work wit young people in improving entrepreneurship and self-employment by supporting another 100 enterprise ambassadors, in addition to continued funding of enterprise learning in their xl clubs within schools	BERR
Spring 2009	Launching pilot project to develop an online peer-to-peer mentoring network to encourage more women entrepreneurs	BERR
Spring 2009	Commissioning scoping study on simplifying access to financial support for lifelong learning, through roll-out of Skills Accounts	DIUS
Spring 2009	Introducing greater flexibility for FE providers to support learners into sustainable employment and progression in employment	DIUS
Spring 2009	Publishing a cross-government strategy on learning disability and employment	ODI, DCSF, DIUS, DH and DWP
Spring 2009	Publishing new Mental Health and Employment Strategy	DWP, DH
Spring 2009	Introducing the New Communities Fund	CLG
August 2009	Launch of Inspiring Community campaigns	CLG, DCSF
Summer 2009	Launch of the findings from the Panel on Fair Access to the Professions (supported by secretariat based in the Cabinet Office)	CO
Summer 2009	Full Digital Britain report published setting out how we can secure the UK's place as the forefront in global digital and communications industries	BERR
September 2009	Start piloting new earned rights for those caring for adults and children (£500 entitlement in Skills Account)	DIUS
September 2009	Trialling targeted training support for low-income families on tax credits	DIUS
September 2009	Introducing world-class teaching profession package	DCSF
September 2009	Working with a group of at least 11 research-intensive universities to begin piloting approaches to increase outreach to talented students from low-income backgrounds	DIUS
September 2009	Improved training support for agency workers	DIUS
Autumn 2009	Consulting, in partnership with UKCES, leading employers and academics about building on our current knowledge of leadership and management development in the UK	BERR, DIUS
Autumn 2009	All HE institutions to have produced widening participation strategic assessments to increase openness and transparency	DIUS
Autumn 2009	Encouraging supported employment and work experience within the new Foundation Learning Tier for those with learning disabilities	DCSF, DIUS
Autumn 2009	Introducing support brokers into existing pilots for those with moderate to severe learning disabilities	DH
March 2010	Extending Activity Agreements pilots by six months to March 2010	DCSF
April 2010	National roll-out of mentoring for care-leavers and families starts	DCSF, SETF
Spring 2010	Publish review of financial support for 16- to 18-year-olds	DCSF, DWP, HMT
Spring 2010	Working with a group of at least 11 research-intensive universities to mutually recognise each other's widening participation or “compact” schemes	DIUS
Spring 2011	Roll-out of innovation vouchers to reach a level of 1,000 vouchers per year	DIUS
Autumn 2012	Guaranteeing young people from a low income background with the potential to benefit from higher education a package of support and mentoring to help them reach their full potential	DCSF, DIUS