Question follow-through · 115478
Growth and Skills Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend the Growth and Skills Levy to help increase flexibility for businesses seeking to offer apprenticeships.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 16 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to extend the Growth and Skills Levy to help increase flexibility for businesses seeking to offer apprenticeships.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Mar 2026
Answer published
The government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers, more opportunities for young people and support the industrial strategy. In August 2025, we introduced new foun...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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