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Apprentices: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fully funding apprenticeships for under-22s in SMEs on apprenticeship starts to date.

answeredDepartment for Education

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of fully funding apprenticeships for under-22s in SMEs on apprenticeship starts to date.

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Since April 2024, the government pays 100% of apprentice training costs, up to the funding band maximum, for non-levy paying employers when they take on apprentices aged 16 to 21, and apprentices aged 22 to 24 who have an education, health and care plan o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Growth and Skills Levy

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Apprentices: Aldridge-brownhills

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Apprentices: Small Businesses

7 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage SMEs to participate in the apprenticeships scheme.

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Apprentices: Taxation

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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle barriers to employers engaging with the (a) apprenticeship and (b) training system.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vocational Education: Young People

20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to provide information on vocational pathways to young people in the same way as information on university pathways.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Employers' Contributions

21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in employers’ National Insurance contributions on levels of redundancies in schools.

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Schools: Employers' Contributions

4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2025 to Question 83833 on Schools: Employers' Contributions, what estimate she has made of the proportion of the £3.7 billion increase in school funding for 2025-26 that wil

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Multi-academy Trusts

13 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill on multi-academy trusts.

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Local Government Finance: Special Educational Needs

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Special Educational Needs

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