Question follow-through · 6114
Apprentices: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of funding apprenticeship training for under-22s in SMEs on apprenticeship starts prior to announcing an expansion to under-25s.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of funding apprenticeship training for under-22s in SMEs on apprenticeship starts prior to announcing an expansion to under-25s.
4 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
Employers who do not pay the levy, typically SMEs, are vital to the economy and to apprenticeships; they provide valuable opportunities for younger apprentices and apprentices from disadvantaged areas. That is why from the next academic year, we will full...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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