Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the annual budget for additional support in areas of disadvantage for apprenticeships was up to 1 May 2017, what proportion of that budget was spent; and what proportion of the budget since 1 May 2017 has been spent.

There is no separate additional allocated budget for disadvantage funding support. Apprenticeships is a demand led programme, and we have forecast spending of up to £60 million to support training of individuals from disadvantaged areas, with no restrictions on starts from certain areas.