Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 126933

Management: Apprentices

Tabled: 13 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

Question

Iqbal Mohamed

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) trained line managers on the implementation of the Industrial Strategy and (b) trends in the level of funding for management appren

Answer

Andrew Western

Over the past decade we’ve seen apprenticeship starts by those aged 16-24, fall by 40%. At the same time, last year, the government spent 100% of its multi-billion pound apprenticeship budget. This Government wants to reverse that decline and support 50,0...

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