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Lifts: Engineering

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of qualified lift engineers in the UK.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of qualified lift engineers in the UK.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper set out reforms to the skills system to ensure skills provision is aligned to the needs of the Industrial Strategy and supports people to train in sectors which support growth and meet priority skills needs.The...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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