Question follow-through · 109500
Manufacturing Industries: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support training and skills pathways for British manufacturing industries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support training and skills pathways for British manufacturing industries.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2026
Answer published
DWP works closely with industry bodies such as Make UK, the Manufacturing Technologies Association and the Institute for Grocery Distributors to support jobseekers to better understand the many career opportunities available in manufacturing. DWP also pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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