Department for Education written question – answered at on 12 September 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what arrangements are in place in the apprenticeships service account system in relation to payments made through (a) the apprenticeships levy and (b) co-investments to ensure that funding levels for apprenticeships are not negatively affected by macro-economic trends in wage levels.
The apprenticeship budget has been set by Her Majesty’s Treasury at a level that will provide sufficient funds to provide 3 million apprenticeship starts in England by 2020. By 2020 the total apprenticeships investment in England will be almost £2.5 billion, double what was spent in 2010-11.
In England, levy-paying employers can access their funds through the apprenticeship service. The government provides a 10% top up paid monthly into apprenticeship service accounts. Where an employer has spent all of their levy funds, they will pay 10% towards the additional training and assessment costs with government paying the remaining 90%.
For non-levy payers, government pays 90% of the cost of training and assessment, whilst the employer pays the remaining 10% of the balance. Non-levying paying employers do not currently use the apprenticeship service – both the employer and government pay the training provider directly.
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