Question follow-through · 41760
NHS: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reducing funding for level 7 healthcare apprenticeships on skills shortages in the NHS; and what discussions he has had with the S
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of reducing funding for level 7 healthcare apprenticeships on skills shortages in the NHS; and what discussions he has had with the S
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
Skills England and the Department for Education are reviewing the growth and skills offer, including whether employers will fund level 7 apprenticeships outside of the levy. Ministers, officials, NHS England, and a range of stakeholders across the sector ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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