Question follow-through · 108881

Apprentices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has produced an impact assessment of the effects of the reforms to Level 7 apprenticeship funding.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
27 Jan 2026
Target answer date
29 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has produced an impact assessment of the effects of the reforms to Level 7 apprenticeship funding.

  2. 29 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The government completed an equality impact assessment ahead of making its decision on the changes to level 7 apprenticeship funding. As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on 2 June 2025, this decision was informed by a wide range of evidence, i...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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