Question follow-through · 51030
Vocational Education: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage small and medium businesses to take up technical education opportunities; and if she will take steps to consult with those businesses on shaping the curricul
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 20 May 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to encourage small and medium businesses to take up technical education opportunities; and if she will take steps to consult with those businesses on shaping the curricul
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
The department continues to support small and medium businesses to benefit from a range of technical education opportunities including apprenticeships, T Level industry placements, Higher Technical Qualifications, and Skills Bootcamps.For example, on T Le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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