Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what consultation took place between his Department and HM Treasury before the Summer Budget 2015 on the introduction of an apprenticeship levy.

Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.

A consultation on the Apprenticeships Levy was launched on 21 August 2015 and will close on 2 October 2015. A link to the consultation can be found below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/apprenticeships-levy-employer-owned-apprenticeships-training