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Apprentices: Special Educational Needs

Commons · Question 86484 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 5 Nov 2025

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Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October to Question 80160 on Apprentices: Special Educational Needs, whether it is his Department's intention to expand this flexibility further.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 5 Nov 2025

Where an apprentice has a learning difficulty or disability which is a barrier to them achieving the standard English and maths requirements, there is the flexibility for them to achieve the lower Entry Level 3 qualification in the adjusted subject. In Au...