Question follow-through · 39695
Apprenticeship Levy: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the flexibility of the apprenticeship levy for small businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 9 Apr 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the flexibility of the apprenticeship levy for small businesses.
24 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Apr 2025
Answer published
The government is reforming the Apprenticeship Levy into a new Growth and Skills Levy that will deliver greater flexibility for learners and employers of all sizes to develop the skills they need to thrive. As a first step, the department is introducing n...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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