Question follow-through · 112110
Apprentices: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a non-Levy-paying firm of employing an 18-year old apprentice in the second year of their apprenticeship, paid at the legal minimum hourly rate for a 37.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the average cost to a non-Levy-paying firm of employing an 18-year old apprentice in the second year of their apprenticeship, paid at the legal minimum hourly rate for a 37.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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25 Feb 2026
Answer published
Minimum wage rates are reviewed annually and the government considers the independent advice of the Low Pay Commission when setting minimum wage rates.Past, present and future minimum wage rates are published here, National Minimum Wage and National Livin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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