Question follow-through · 48651

Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has set a minimum quality threshold under the apprenticeship accountability framework for training providers to continue offering new starts on a standard in the apprenticeship programme

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
30 Apr 2025
Answer
9 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has set a minimum quality threshold under the apprenticeship accountability framework for training providers to continue offering new starts on a standard in the apprenticeship programme

  2. 30 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Apprenticeship Accountability Framework (AAF) is the department’s main tool for improving apprenticeship quality. The AAF evaluates Qualification Achievement Rates alongside nine other quality indicators, such as Ofsted outcomes, withdrawal rates and ...

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