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Training and Vocational Education: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she has allocated to expand (a) vocational and (b) technical training routes in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
18 Jul 2025
Target answer date
22 Jul 2025
Answer
4 Aug 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding she has allocated to expand (a) vocational and (b) technical training routes in the West Midlands.

  2. 22 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Aug 2025

    Answer published

    This government is making a substantial investment in skills, with £3 billion of additional funding across the Spending Review period, including an additional £1.2 billion a year by 2028/29.This includes continuing to invest in apprenticeships and the gro...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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