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Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing funding for Level Seven apprenticeships for people aged 22 and above on (a) gender equality and (b) social mobility.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 5 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 13 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

5 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of removing funding for Level Seven apprenticeships for people aged 22 and above on (a) gender equality and (b) social mobility.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. That is why we are moving funding away from level 7 apprenticeships for learners aged 22 and over, to ensure that funding is prioritised for learners at lower levels, who need th...

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