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Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Skills England will take to encourage (a) SMEs and (b) other employers to offer more apprenticeships for people under 25.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 12 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps Skills England will take to encourage (a) SMEs and (b) other employers to offer more apprenticeships for people under 25.
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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25 Jun 2025
Answer published
Skills England will support young people to develop the skills they need.The rate of young people’s apprenticeship starts has fallen by almost 40% since 2015/16. We want to rebalance the programme back towards young people.This government, supported by Sk...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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