Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95357

Small Businesses: Apprentices

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the eligibility criteria for fully funded SME apprenticeships for people under 25.

Answer

Andrew Western
As announced at the Budget, the government will fully fund apprenticeships for non-levy paying employers (essentially SMEs) for eligible people aged under 25 from the next academic year. This does not change the policy on level 7 apprenticeships which the...

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