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Division Vote (Commons)
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 302 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 173 Noes - 323
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 298 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 321 Noes - 103
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 306 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 170 Noes - 328
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 301 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 82 Noes - 314
Division Vote (Commons)
29 Oct 2025 - Sentencing Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 300 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 311
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Oct 2025 - China Spying Case - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 318 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 174 Noes - 327
Division Vote (Commons)
28 Oct 2025 - Stamp Duty Land Tax - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 313 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 103 Noes - 329
Written Question
Apprentices: Finance
Tuesday 28th October 2025

Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting the age limit for funding of level 7 apprenticeships at 22 years old.

Answered by Andrew Western - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

This government has a driving mission to break down barriers to opportunity. Apprenticeship starts by young people under 25 fell by almost 40% over the last decade.

From January 2026, the government will no longer fund level 7 apprenticeships, equivalent to master’s degree level, except for young apprentices under the age of 22, or those aged 22 to 24 who have an education, health and care plan or have been in local authority care. This will enable apprenticeship opportunities to be rebalanced towards young people and create more opportunities for those entering the labour market, who need skills and training to get on in their careers.

This decision was informed by a wide range of evidence, including Skills England’s analysis of official apprenticeship statistics and engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. Skills England did not find a strong enough economic rationale to exempt any level 7 apprenticeship standards from defunding. While level 7 apprenticeships can be a valuable route for some disadvantaged learners, a significant proportion are from non-deprived backgrounds and are significantly less likely to be deprived than apprentices at lower levels.

Level 7 generally has a higher proportion of older learners than other apprenticeships, particularly the senior leader apprenticeship (where 99% are over 25) and standards with an embedded postgraduate qualification. Skills England also suggested that de-funding would be unlikely to lead to a significant fall in the supply of these skills in the long term.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 28 Oct 2025
Stamp Duty Land Tax

"The right hon. Gentleman wonders why this might not have happened. It might be something to do with the 14 billion quid that he has not worked out how the Government will find. If it was so easy, why, in all those days before covid, did his party never do …..."
Toby Perkins - View Speech

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Division Vote (Commons)
27 Oct 2025 - Victims and Courts Bill - View Vote Context
Toby Perkins (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 309 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 166 Noes - 322