Question follow-through · 56946
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Level 7 apprenticeships in helping people to attain higher-level qualifications while in paid employment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Level 7 apprenticeships in helping people to attain higher-level qualifications while in paid employment.
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
The department knows that level 7 apprenticeships can open up opportunities for young people, supporting them to begin careers as solicitors or accountants for example, and we are keen for this to continue. That is why, in line with our mission to break d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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