Apprentices: Woodworking
Commons · Question 73494 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of young people taking up carpentry and joinery apprenticeships.
Answer
Answered by Josh MacAlister, 12 Sep 2025
This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity.The rate of young people’s apprenticeship starts has fallen over the last decade and we want to re-balance the programme towards young people beginning their careers.As a first st...