Apprentices: Taxation

(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been raised by the apprenticeship levy in each of the last 7 years.


Answered by
Richard Fuller Portrait
Richard Fuller
This question was answered on 17th October 2022

The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in April 2017. Monthly receipts data for the Apprenticeship Levy is published by HM Revenue and Customs in their Tax and NIC Receipts publication which can be found online at:

HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

A condensed version of the table of interest shows how much funding has been raised by the Apprenticeship Levy in each year since it was introduced in financial year 2017/18:

Table: HMRC Receipts for Apprenticeship Levy by Financial Year

Financial Year

Apprenticeship Levy (£ million)

2017 to 2018

2,271

2018 to 2019

2,713

2019 to 2020

2,798

2020 to 2021

2,910

2021 to 2022

3,213

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