Trained in London

The London Assembly's Economy Committee has published its report Trained in London: Creating more apprenticeships to support the London economy, which highlights the challenges London faces and calls on the Mayor to use his power and influence to do much more with apprenticeships.

Specific interventions are needed in order to improve apprenticeships in London. Notably, sectors such as construction, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and leisure, travel and tourism, where London has particular strengths, are among the worst performing sectors in terms of the proportion of apprenticeships created.

Trained in London - a report on apprenticeships by the London Assembly from London Assembly

The report makes a number of recommendations, which include:

The Mayor should launch an Apprenticeship Action Plan with a clear and cohesive strategy that brings together all mayoral initiatives to deliver his target of 250,000 apprenticeships.

Firms and sectors that create the most jobs in London should be targeted in boosting their numbers. Measures including procurement could be used to incentivise firms to take on apprentices.

The Mayor should support a pan-London careers advice service to highlight apprenticeships to young people.