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Toby Perkins

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Monday 25th March 2024

(10 months ago)

Ministerial Corrections
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The following are extracts from Education questions on 11 March 2024.
Toby Perkins Portrait Mr Perkins
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…The Minister talks powerfully about apprenticeships, but why does he think that young people are now half as likely to be on an SME apprenticeship than they were when the levy was introduced?

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon
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I hugely respect the hon. Gentleman. I know he is a bruiser, but I had been looking forward to his question. I thought he would celebrate the 13,000 apprentices in Chesterfield since May 2010, the 11,270 apprentices at levels 2 and 3, or the £19.5 million investment in Chesterfield College.

[Official Report, 11 March 2024, Vol. 747, c. 10.]

Letter of correction from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education, the right hon. Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon):

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins).

The correct response is:

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