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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...