Question follow-through · 8812
Apprentices: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with Treasury officials on increasing financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises with apprenticeship schemes.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions his Department has had with Treasury officials on increasing financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises with apprenticeship schemes.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
The department works closely with HM Treasury to support apprenticeships and skills provision. To support non-levy paying employers (who are typically SMEs) with the additional costs associated with employing young apprentices, we are introducing a new ap...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Nuclear Power: Apprentices and Training
29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to develop the skills and apprenticeships required to support new jobs in the nuclear sector.