Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to change funding of the Apprenticeship scheme.

We are planning to route funding for apprenticeship training directly through employers. This will put employers in the driving seat in terms of securing the most appropriate training, giving them a greater stake in guaranteeing that the training provision their apprentices receive is high quality. We are trialling a simplified funding model for apprenticeships based on new employer-designed standards in the 2014/15 Academic Year.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336036/BIS-14-975-Trialling-our-new-apprenticeship-funding-model.pdf