Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government (1) what is the latest estimate of employer spending on training in England, and (2) how much employers spent on (a) trainee wages in general, and (b) apprenticeships in particular, in each of the last five years.

Estimates of employer spend on training and Apprenticeship wages are in the public domain and can be accessed via the following links:

Employer Skills Survey 2013, UK Commision for Employment and Skills (UKCES ) Jan 2014 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/304403/ukcess2013_england_slide_pack.pdf

Apprenticeship Pay Survey 2012, BIS Oct 2013 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2012