Question follow-through · 129539
Small Businesses: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, (a) what action the Government is taking to address skills shortages in small and medium sized enterprises; (b) what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies o
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, (a) what action the Government is taking to address skills shortages in small and medium sized enterprises; (b) what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies o
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The government is committed to addressing skills shortages in small and medium sized enterprises. To support employers to take on apprentices, the government provides a range of financial support. We are introducing a new hiring grant of £2,000 for non-le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Kinship Care: Leave
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Kinship Care: Leave and Pay
12 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking as part of the Parental Leave and Pay Review to enable kinship carers to access leave and pay entitlements.