Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the oral contribution of the Chancellor of the Exchequer of 17 April 2018, Official Report, column 176, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the apprenticeship levy.

My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State and the wider department have regular dialogue with my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Her Majesty’s Treasury, to support the delivery of the government’s ambitions for high quality apprenticeships that deliver the skills the economy needs.