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Apprentices: Environmental Health

Commons · Question 74973 · Tabled 4 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of apprenticeships on increasing the environmental health workforce.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 21 Oct 2025

Employers operating in environmental health have developed the environmental health practitioner level 6 degree apprenticeship to help them develop their workforces. Further detail about the apprenticeship can be found on the Skills England website at: ht...