Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the stated aims are of the apprenticeship funding band review; and how those aims align with Government policy on apprenticeships.

The aim of the apprenticeship funding band review is to assess whether apprenticeship standards are set in the appropriate funding band to support high-quality delivery and to provide value for money for employers and government, following the introduction of the 30 band funding structure in August 2018. This is set out on the Institute for Apprenticeships’ website: https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/about/news-events/funding-band-review/.

This is in line with our commitment to create an apprenticeships programme which delivers high-quality apprenticeship training in a sustainable way.