UK Commission for Employment and Skills

UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES)
AbbreviationUKCES
Formation1 April 2008; 16 years ago (2008-04-01)
TypeQuango
Legal statusCompany limited by guarantee (No.6425800)
PurposeProducing labour market intelligence; increasing employer investment in skills and providing strategic advice and insight on skills and employment issues throughout the UK
HeadquartersRenaissance House
Location
Region served
UK
Membership
Sector Skills Councils
Chief Executive
Ian Kinder
Main organ
Commission (Chairman - Charlie Mayfield)
Parent organization
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, Department for Employment and Learning
AffiliationsSector Skills Councils
Budget
£63.5 million(2011-2)[1]
WebsiteUKCES

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.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Annual report 2011/12". UK Commission for Employment and Skills. p. 32. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ^ "UK Commission for Employment and Skills closed in March 2017". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Government plans £2m payoffs as FE quango scrapped". FE Week.