Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to provide information to apprenticeship providers on the allocation of funding for apprentice places for 2018-19.

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) has undertaken a procurement exercise for the provision of apprenticeship training to non-levy employers from January 2018 to March 2019.

This will ensure that small and medium sized enterprises can access high quality apprenticeship training to support their growth and success.

The ESFA notified bidders of the outcome of the process on 7 December 2017, but as this remains a live procurement, we are unable to comment further. The department will provide further information in due course.