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Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct a review into apprenticeships that includes taking representations from existing functional skills teachers.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
1 Nov 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will conduct a review into apprenticeships that includes taking representations from existing functional skills teachers.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The department keeps all aspects of apprenticeships policy under review, including the English and mathematics requirements, to make sure it is striking the right balance in equipping apprentices with the right skills, without putting up unnecessary barri...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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