Question follow-through · 44903

Education and Skills Funding Agency: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency has offered apprenticeships in each year since 2017.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
22 Apr 2025
Answer
1 May 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the Education and Skills Funding Agency has offered apprenticeships in each year since 2017.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 May 2025

    Answer published

    The government is committed to using apprenticeships to break down barriers to opportunity, support skills development and deliver more effective public services.As the policy holder for apprenticeships, the department has achieved over 5% of departmental...

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