Question follow-through · 99754

Disability Aids and Prosthetics: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the sustainability of prosthetics and orthotics apprenticeship provision in England; and what steps she is taking to support its continuation.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
29 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the sustainability of prosthetics and orthotics apprenticeship provision in England; and what steps she is taking to support its continuation.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The department works closely with the Department for Health and Social Care to support the availability of a diverse range of training routes into health and care careers. We have worked with the health and care sector to design the Level 6 prosthetics an...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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