Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96661
Small Businesses: Apprentices
Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 16 January 2026
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken to encourage more smaller businesses to take on apprentices.
Answer
Andrew WesternApprenticeships are a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only. To encourage smaller businesses to take on apprentices, the government will fully fund apprenticeship training for non-levy paying employers (essentially sm...
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