Question follow-through · 51796

Department of Health and Social Care: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 May 2025
Target answer date
15 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.

  2. 15 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    We remain committed to supporting the use of apprenticeships across all Government departments, to break down barriers to opportunity. This includes supporting the Government's commitment to 2,000 digital apprenticeships through its TechTrack scheme by 20...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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