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Personal Care Services: Apprentices

Commons · Question 37517 · Tabled 11 Mar 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by John Whitby

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an assessment of the impact of informal and disguised employment in the beauty sector on the number of apprenticeship places available in hairdressing and beauty.

Answer

Answered by Janet Daby, 19 Mar 2025

Apprenticeships are jobs with training, and it is for employers in the hair and beauty sector to decide how they use apprenticeships to meet their skills needs.The sector has developed several apprenticeship standards, including the level 2 hairdressing p...