As set out in the recent response to the hon. Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans) we are taking a wide range of steps. Most notably we recently launched the National Apprenticeships Vacancy Matching Service and announced a further £140 million to provide 35,000 extra places this year. From April 2009 we will be extending group training associations and creating apprenticeship training associations to help deliver the anticipated increases in the number of people taking up apprenticeships.