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.

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.