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Growth and Skills Levy: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department will use to prioritise allocation of Growth and Skills Levy funding to sectors and apprenticeship standards to support (a) youth employment and (b) industrial strategy objec
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 16 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria his Department will use to prioritise allocation of Growth and Skills Levy funding to sectors and apprenticeship standards to support (a) youth employment and (b) industrial strategy objec
18 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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24 Mar 2026
Answer published
This Government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers in England, more opportunities for young people, and support the industrial strategy.In August 2025, we introdu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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