PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS Trusts: Apprentices (6 November 2017)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which NHS trusts have made apprenticeship levy payments since 6 April 2017; and how much has been paid since that date (a) by each NHS trust and (b) in total by all NHS trusts.

Asked by:
Gareth Snell (Labour)

Levy information of individual NHS trusts is not available due to HMRC’s duty to maintain taxpayer confidentiality.

In 2016, the then Chancellor, in a letter to the Treasury Select Committee, set out an estimate of the impact of the apprenticeship levy on public sector bodies including the NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (which includes NHS Trusts) in England. This was published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-the-apprenticeship-levy

It is only possible to accurately determine the total levy payments made by all NHS trusts at disproportionate costs. This is because HMRC administrative data is not produced in a form where NHS trusts and their associated PAYE schemes are easily identifiable.

Answered by:
Elizabeth Truss (Conservative)
15 November 2017