Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when his Department plans to issue guidance on the transfer of apprenticeship vouchers between employers.

The department will be issuing guidance to employers prior to the introduction of measures in April 2018 to allow levy-paying employers to transfer up to 10% of the annual value of funds entering their apprenticeship service account to another employer or an apprenticeship training agency.

We are working closely with employers to develop an approach that supports the needs of employers of all sizes as well as the objectives of the apprenticeship programme.