PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Apprentices: Members' Staff (13 April 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether hon. Members are able to access (a) funding for apprenticeships and (b) apprentices on account of the House's contribution to the apprenticeship levy; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Criterion defining which organisations will pay the levy is published on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-levy-how-it-will-work Organisations will first declare that they will pay the levy in May 2017.

As stated in the reply of 30 March to my Hon. Friend’s PQ 69076, both levy and non-levy paying employers can access funding towards the cost of an apprentice’s training and assessment. Levy paying employers will have funds available to them through the apprenticeship service and receive a 10% Government top up every month. Non-levy paying employers will contribute 10% towards the cost of training with the Government paying 90%.

As individual employers, Hon. Members and members of the House of Lords will be able to check their eligibility for funding the training of apprentices they hire. The Apprenticeship Funding Rules are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-funding-rules-2016-to-2017

Answered by:
Robert Halfon (Conservative)
21 April 2017