Question follow-through · 78378

Apprentices: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeship vacancies were advertised on the Find An Apprenticeship website in each month since 1 January 2020.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 10 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 15 Oct 2025
Answer: 28 Oct 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many apprenticeship vacancies were advertised on the Find An Apprenticeship website in each month since 1 January 2020.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
The requested data on apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised on the Find an Apprenticeship website are published in the Apprenticeships statistics publication and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/pe...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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