Small Businesses: Training
Commons · Question 85990 · Tabled 28 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Morris
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to access skills funding in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 5 Nov 2025
The government provides a range of financial support to help Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in England access apprenticeships. To support non-levy paying employers, which are likely to be SMEs, to access apprenticeships, the government pays the...