Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will guarantee apprenticeship funding for non-levy paying employers in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.

We have confirmed a minimum of £440m funding available for non-levy paying employers for 2017-18 and we are committed to funding high quality apprenticeships over the Parliament. Decisions on future years’ funding will be made on the basis of ongoing monitoring of employer demand, performance and budgets.