Question follow-through · 78770
Hospitality Industry: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities in the hospitality sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 25 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, what steps he is taking to increase apprenticeship opportunities in the hospitality sector.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
There are a number of apprenticeships available to support employers of all sizes in the hospitality sector to benefit from and develop the skilled workforces they need. The government has reduced the apprenticeship minimum duration to 8 months so that sh...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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