Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 101450

Small Businesses: Apprentices

Tabled: 18 December 2025

Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Helen Whately

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will he provide an estimate for the number of people who will take up apprenticeship training at small and medium-sized businesses under the Government’s new scheme for under-25s.

Answer

Andrew Western

To meet this government’s ambition to support 50,000 more young people into apprenticeships, including at small and medium-sized enterprises, we are taking a range of action backed by an additional £725m of investment announced by my right hon. Friend the...

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