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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...