Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 3 March 2026Answered: 9 March 2026

Asked by

Ian Sollom

Liberal DemocratSt Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

Pat McFadden

The hon. Member is right to point to the disparity of information that there sometimes is for apprenticeships compared with university courses. It is something that we need to address by improving the information available and ensuring that young people embarking on an apprenticeship are treated with just as much esteem and respect as those who undertake a university course. Information is very much part of the changes that we are pursuing.