Apprentices: Young People
Commons · Question 100923 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Wendy Morton
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Written Statement of 8 December 2025 on Support for Young People, HCWS1137, and the ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships, what modelling his Department
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 13 Jan 2026
From the next academic year, the government will fully fund apprenticeship training for all eligible people aged under 25 at non-levy paying employers, essentially small and medium sized enterprises. Currently, this only happens for apprentices aged 16-21...