Question follow-through · 54025
Apprentices: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with small businesses on their needs from the apprenticeship system.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with small businesses on their needs from the apprenticeship system.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jun 2025
Answer published
Small businesses are a vital part of our economy and apprenticeship system. They provide valuable opportunities in priority sectors for young people and apprentices from disadvantaged areas.This is why the department will continue to provide an effective ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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