Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much his Department plans to spend on apprenticeships in the 2017-18 financial year; and how much his Department spent on apprenticeships in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2012-13.
The Department for Education has made available £1,930 million funding for apprenticeships in the 2017-18 financial year.
The table below details spending on apprenticeships from the 2012-13 financial year to the 2016-17 financial year:
Financial year | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Total spend £(millions) | 1,461 | 1,459 | 1,551 | 1,540 | 1,632 |