Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14239

Apprentices: Accountancy

Tabled: 29 June 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

John Cooper

ConservativeDumfries and Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he considered retaining Level 7 apprenticeship funding until age 25 for occupations such as accountancy and law before deciding on a blanket cut-off at age 21; and what assessment he made of the

Answer

Andrew Western
Apprenticeships are a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.This Government is investing in young people’s futures and reversing the sharp decline in apprenticeship starts amongst young people – which have fallen by 4...

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