Question follow-through · 104052

Apprentices: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department has made on the effect of current apprenticeship visa duration requirements on (a) young migrants educated in the UK, (b) individuals on private or family life rout

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
14 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment his Department has made on the effect of current apprenticeship visa duration requirements on (a) young migrants educated in the UK, (b) individuals on private or family life rout

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The apprenticeship funding rules are reviewed each year. They are applied to all apprentices and potential apprentices consistently. The Department does not hold the data requested.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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