PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Apprentices: Taxation (4 February 2016)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses and other organisations in (a) Wiltshire and (b) the UK that will be required to pay the apprenticeship levy.

Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

The apprenticeship levy will apply across the UK and will be collected from employers on a UK wide basis. An allowance of £15,000 means those with a paybill exceeding £3million will have to pay the levy.

Regional level estimates of those likely to pay the Apprenticeship Levy is not available.

Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
12 February 2016