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Written Question
Business: Pay
Tuesday 19th September 2023

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many businesses and organisations had a wage bill of between £2 and £3 million in (1) 2021–22, and (2) 2022–23.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

We estimate there were 11,100 and 12,200 employers with wage bills between £2m and £3m, in the 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 tax-years respectively.


Written Question
Apprentices: Taxation
Tuesday 25th July 2023

Asked by: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many organisations were liable for the apprenticeship levy in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.

Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)

Please find a table of the estimated number of employers paying the Apprenticeship Levy in each tax year below:

Tax Year

Number of Employers

2017 to 18

32,200

2018 to 19

31,400

2019 to 20

30,600

2020 to 21

30,400

2021 to 22

33,400