Apprentices: Taxation

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been collected from Welsh police forces through the apprenticeship levy; and how much of that has been passed on to the Welsh Government.


Answered by
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Elizabeth Truss
This question was answered on 11th September 2017

The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced on a UK wide basis from 6 April 2017. Employers are charged at 0.5% of their pay bill over £3 million. Information on how much Apprenticeship Levy individual employers pay, such as Welsh police forces, cannot be made publicly available because of tax payer confidentiality.

Skills policy is devolved and the devolved administrations will receive a population share of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s March 2016 forecast of revenue from the levy. In 2017-18, the Welsh Government will receive £128 million.

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