Apprentices: Taxation

(asked on 10th January 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the ability of apprenticeship levy paying employers to transfer levy funds to non-levy paying employers.


Answered by
Alex Burghart Portrait
Alex Burghart
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 13th January 2022

The department is committed to supporting more employers to use apprenticeships to develop the skilled workforces they need, and to supporting more people, from all backgrounds, to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.

The department continues to make improvements to the levy transfer system to make it easier for large employers to make full use of their levy funds and support starts in their supply chain, sector, or local area, and to support more employers, including small and medium sizes enterprises, to take on new apprentices. In September 2021, the department launched a new online service to allow levy-paying employers to advertise funding pledges, and to enable other businesses to browse and apply for these funds.

It is encouraging to see that employers, including DPD, Mace Group, and Amazon UK, are taking advantage of this opportunity to support new apprenticeship starts in all sectors of the economy. So far in the 2021-22 financial year, over 100 employers have pledged £7 million of levy funds for transfer.

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