Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many meetings her Department has had with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on trebling the the number of apprenticeships in the food, farming and agri-tech sector.

Officials in Defra and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills meet regularly to discuss how to treble the number of apprenticeships in food, farming and agri-tech. We will continue to work closely with other government departments and the food and farming sector to achieve the Government’s commitment on apprenticeships.