Apprenticeship Levy: Trends

Part of Education – in the House of Commons at on 11 March 2024.

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Photo of Robert Halfon Robert Halfon Minister of State (Education)

I hugely respect the hon. Gentleman. I know he is a bruiser, but I had been looking forward to his question. I thought he would celebrate the 13,000 apprentices in Chesterfield since May 2010, the 11,270 apprentices at levels 2 and 3, or the £19.5 million investment in Chesterfield College.[This section has been corrected on 25 March 2024, column 11MC — read correction] (Correction) If I were him, I would be urging his party to stop its plan to destroy the apprenticeship levy, which would halve the number of apprenticeship starts overall. It would be back to square one.