Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 105524

Training: Finance

Tabled: 13 January 2026
Answered: 29 January 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of employer investment in skills training since 2017.

Answer

Andrew Western
According to the Employer Skills Survey, a biennial site level survey of tens of thousands of employers across the UK, total employer expenditure on training fell by 17% in the UK between 2017 and 2024. The apprenticeship levy was introduced in 2017 to su...

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