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Small Businesses: Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium sized businesses to retain apprentices once they complete their apprenticeship.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
24 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to encourage small and medium sized businesses to retain apprentices once they complete their apprenticeship.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Apprenticeships help give small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) the skills they need to grow, enabling them to fill vacancies, train their workforces and fill skills gaps. Retaining apprentices after completion enables smaller employers to maximise the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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