Question follow-through · 96149

Training: Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of skills funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2025 on the adequacy of engineering, advanced manufacturing, logistics, construction and health and s

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 2 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 4 Dec 2025
Answer: 8 Jan 2026 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of skills funding announced in the Autumn Budget 2025 on the adequacy of engineering, advanced manufacturing, logistics, construction and health and s
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
The budget announced over £1.5 billion of investment in employment and skills sup-port to fund the Youth Guarantee and reform the Growth and Skills Levy over the Spending Review period. The Youth Guarantee means every young person can access support to ea...

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