Business: Training
(asked on 4th March 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on the proportion of UK businesses with dedicated budgets for training.
Answered by
Blair McDougall
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 10th March 2026
The DBT Longitudinal Small Business Survey[1] reports that 45 percent of SME employers offer training to their employees. The Department does not hold specific information on dedicated budgets for training.
[1] Small Business Survey 2024: businesses with employees - GOV.UK