Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost of the apprenticeship levy will be to schools in each fiscal year from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

The information document on the apprenticeship levy published by the Department for Education shows a sectoral breakdown of levy paying employers based on HM Revenue and Customs administrative data (page 4). The estimated cost for the education sector as a whole is valued at £385m for 2017-18. The document is available on Gov.uk:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545145/Apprenticeships_-expected_levy_and_total_spend_-_Aug_2016.pdf

It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the cost of the apprenticeship levy for schools alone using the same data.