There is clear and growing employer demand for the skills that higher technical education (HTE) provides, and there are good economic outcomes for students completing higher technical courses. Despite this participation is low compared to other levels of education and many of our international competitors. In England, only 1 in 10 people has a level 4 or 5 qualification as their highest qualification; in Germany it's double that. From 8 July to 29 September 2019, the government held an online public consultation on its proposals to address these issues and reform classroom-based HTE in England. This was supplemented by six consultation events across the country and a user insights project carried out in Autumn 2019. A summary of the government's response to the consultation and its plans going forward is included in this report. [For "Higher Technical Education Consultation--Analysis. Research Report," see ED619874.]