Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much funding was provided through the Employer Support Fund to companies offering T-Level work placements in the period between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.

​​The department launched the Employer Incentive Fund in May 2021, which ran until July 2022, as a short-term response to the impact COVID-19 had on businesses. Providers were allocated an amount of money based on their student enrolment figures to pay employers £1,000 for each industry placement student that they took on. In excess of 1,600 employers were supported to offer placements during the scheme. The new Employer Support Fund was launched in April 2023, for which we have made up to £12 million available to support legitimate costs employers may incur when offering placement opportunities. This support fund is only valid for placements which begin between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024. ​