Question follow-through · 15202
Apprentices: Small Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the barriers faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in offering apprenticeship opportunities, and what steps are needed to address these.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the barriers faced by small and medium-sized enterprises in offering apprenticeship opportunities, and what steps are needed to address these.
6 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 12 June 2026 to Question UIN 7073.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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