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Apprentices: Disadvantaged

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can access Level 7 apprenticeships.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure young people from disadvantaged backgrounds can access Level 7 apprenticeships.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The government is committed to spreading opportunities and economic growth with the support of a strong skills system.To support young people, including those from ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Students: Loans

2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide financial provision to respond to potential legal challenges by students who did not fully understand the implications for repayment of interest for their student loans.

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Overseas Students: Finance

2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help protect the UK University sector from a potential loss of income from overseas students.