Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the new Universal Credit apprenticeship bursary of up to £4,500 per household per year will be backdated to the start of the 2026/27 academic year.

We aim to introduce this bursary early next year. Further information on how eligible households can apply and how the bursary will be paid will be released in due course.