Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 85990

Small Businesses: Training

Tabled: 28 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025

Question

Joe Morris

LabourHexham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support SMEs to access skills funding in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle, (d) the North East and (e) England.

Answer

Andrew Western
The government provides a range of financial support to help Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in England access apprenticeships. To support non-levy paying employers, which are likely to be SMEs, to access apprenticeships, the government pays the...

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