Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of degree apprenticeships.

The department continues to see strong growth in degree-level apprenticeships with over 170,000 starts since 2014. We are making £8 million available to higher education providers to grow their degree apprenticeship provision and are partnering with UCAS, so young people can use their website to search and apply for these apprenticeships, alongside degrees.