Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many of the 2,730 fully agreed commitments for apprenticeships for under 19 year olds for May to July 2017 as reported by her Department at 31 July 2017 registered through the National Apprenticeship Service will receive an additional payment due to the fact they are taking on apprentices that have been in the care of the local authority.

Information on apprentices who have been in care is not collected via the National Apprenticeship Service. Therefore, it is not possible to state how many fully agreed commitments will receive an additional payment for taking on apprentices that have been in the care of the local authority.