Question follow-through · 107716
Retail Trade: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of training provider capacity for the Fishmonger Apprenticeship Standard in meeting employer demand.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of training provider capacity for the Fishmonger Apprenticeship Standard in meeting employer demand.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Department actively monitors all registered apprenticeship training providers through compliance checks, performance reviews, and inspections to ensure quality standards are met. Where providers fail to meet these requirements, we take appropriate act...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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