Question follow-through · 66263

Northern Ireland Office: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within his Department.

answeredNorthern Ireland Office

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Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Tabled
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
11 Jul 2025
Answer
16 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of apprenticeships within his Department.

  2. 11 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Northern Ireland Office remains committed to supporting the use of apprenticeships to break down barriers to opportunity. This includes supporting the Government’s commitment to 2,000 digital apprenticeships through its TechTrack scheme by 2030 to imp...

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