Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's budget is for apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; and what proportion of that budget is generated by the Apprenticeship Levy.
Answered by Anne Milton
Our intended funding for apprenticeships was published in the skills funding letter in March 2017 – https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599089/SFA_Letter_2017-18_final.pdf.
This includes a breakdown of intended funding for 16-18 year olds. Actual spend will depend on the demand and cost of apprenticeships that employers choose.
Since 1 April 2017, apprenticeships are funded entirely from the Apprenticeship Levy.
Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will publish a list of the funding allocated to each training provider for apprenticeship starts for the periods (a) August 2016 to April 2017 and (b) May to December 2017.
Answered by Anne Milton
The Education and Skills Fuding Agency publish allocations annually and update them throughout the year. Allocations for the 2016 to 2017 funding year can be found at the following link:
Non-levy apprenticeship allocations for May to December 2017 will be published in November 2017.
Asked by: Vince Cable (Liberal Democrat - Twickenham)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to review the relationship between the Education and Skills Funding Agency and local education authorities regarding the provision of sites for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of current arrangements for such provision.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Education and Skills Funding Agency works constructively with local authorities and often uses sites secured from them to build free schools. This has proved increasingly effective since the inception of the programme.