Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether employers will still be able to claim funding for apprentices from the EU that start in 2019 for the duration of their apprenticeship.

We have agreed to protect the rights of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals in the EU under the Withdrawal Agreement. During the implementation period, EU citizens coming to the UK and UK nationals going to the EU will be able to live, work and study broadly as they do now. Therefore, employers taking on apprentices who are covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, will continue to be able to access funding beyond March 2019. Once an eligible individual has started an apprenticeship, we will always fund them through to completion as long as they retain their eligibility to work in UK.