Question follow-through · 63013

Department for Work and Pensions: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities within her Department.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
30 Jun 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities within her Department.

  2. 30 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    We remain committed to supporting the use of apprenticeships across all government departments to break down barriers to opportunity.A new cross-Government Level 3 apprenticeship programme in Business Administration, the ‘Civil Service Career Launch Appre...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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