Question follow-through · 63379
Electricians and Plumbing: Vocational Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more young people to undertake vocational training to become (a) plumbers and (b) electricians.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 27 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to encourage more young people to undertake vocational training to become (a) plumbers and (b) electricians.
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The department continues to make available education and training opportunities in electrical and plumbing sectors, including:A range of apprenticeships, including the level 3 plumbing and domestic heating technician standard and the level 3 domestic elec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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