Question follow-through · 87316

Apprentices: West Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the West Midlands Combined Authority on increasing the availability of apprenticeships in the West Midlands.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 3 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 5 Nov 2025
Answer: 11 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the West Midlands Combined Authority on increasing the availability of apprenticeships in the West Midlands.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Officials meet regularly with combined authorities to discuss post-16 skills including apprenticeships. Recent discussions with West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) skills leads have included the newly introduced foundation apprenticeships and led to a...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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