The draft Bill will consider the scope for reforms to the apprenticeship programme and the need for legislative changes. It runs alongside a review of apprenticeships, due for completion in January 2008.

The draft Bill will cover a statutory definition of apprenticeships including arrangements for determining content of apprenticeship frameworks, and a right to public funding for apprenticeship programmes. Public bodies will be compelled to offer apprenticeships; the Bill also will amend minimum wage regulations on the current apprenticeship exemptions.