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Small Businesses: Apprentices

Commons · Question 96661 · Tabled 3 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2026

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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...