Question follow-through · 95355

Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the full funding for SME apprenticeships for people under 25 announced in the Budget will cover Level 7 apprenticeships, including architecture.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
1 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the full funding for SME apprenticeships for people under 25 announced in the Budget will cover Level 7 apprenticeships, including architecture.

  2. 1 Dec 2025

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  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    As announced at the Budget, the government will fully fund apprenticeships for non-levy paying employers (essentially SMEs) for eligible people aged under 25 from the next academic year. This does not change the policy on level 7 apprenticeships which the...

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