Apprenticeships: Recruitment
Lords · Question HL12597 · Tabled 2 Dec 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they conducted an impact assessment of the effect on recruitment of 16-21 year old apprentices by non-levy-paying employers of the decision to (1) increase the apprentice wage for 16-17 year olds by 6 per cent, and
Answer
Answered by Baroness Lloyd of Effra, 17 Dec 2025
The Department for Business and Trade will publish a comprehensive impact assessment alongside the legislation introducing the revised National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage rates early in the New Year. This assessment will provide detailed analys...