Question follow-through · 105519
Small Businesses: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation has been carried out of the potential impact of fully funding apprenticeship training for under-22s in small and medium-sized enterprises on apprenticeship starts, prior to the announcem
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 29 Jan 2026 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evaluation has been carried out of the potential impact of fully funding apprenticeship training for under-22s in small and medium-sized enterprises on apprenticeship starts, prior to the announcem
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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29 Jan 2026
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 101450.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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