Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether hon. Members and members of the House of Lords are eligible to access funding from the apprenticeships levy.

Both levy and non-levy paying employers can access funding towards the cost of an apprentice’s training and assessment. Levy paying employers will have funds available to them through the apprenticeship service and receive a 10% Government top up every month. Non-levy paying employers will contribute 10% towards the cost of training with the Government paying 90%.

As individual employers, Hon. Members and members of the House of Lords will be able to check their eligibility for funding the training of apprentices they hire. The Apprenticeship Funding Rules are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-funding-rules-2016-to-2017