Small Businesses: Apprentices
Commons · Question 96661 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to encourage more smaller businesses to take on apprentices.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 16 Jan 2026
Apprenticeships are a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only. To encourage smaller businesses to take on apprentices, the government will fully fund apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers (essentially sm...