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Apprentices: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of apprenticeships in rural areas.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
12 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the availability of apprenticeships in rural areas.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Meeting the skills needs of the next decade is central to delivering the government's five missions on economic growth, opportunity for all, a stronger NHS, safer streets and cle...

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Schools: Transport

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking support (a) schools and (b) parents with school transport in rural areas.

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