Apprentices: Taxation
(asked on 1st November 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprenticeship levy funds spent by employers were spent on Level (a) 2, (b) 3, (c) 4, (d) 5, (e) 6 and (f) 7 apprenticeships in each year since the introduction of that levy.
The below table shows the proportion of the apprenticeship budget spent on apprenticeships by level since the 2017/18 financial year.
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 |
Level 2 | 43.9% | 34.6% | 27.4% | 20.1% |
Level 3 | 47.6% | 48.3% | 47.0% | 44.4% |
Level 4 | 3.6% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 9.7% |
Level 5 | 3.0% | 5.0% | 6.6% | 7.8% |
Level 6 | 1.5% | 3.7% | 5.9% | 9.3% |
Level 7 | 0.3% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 8.7% |
Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Apprenticeship budget spend for the 2021/22 financial year will be published in the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s annual report and accounts in due course.
Employers design apprenticeship standards, choose which apprenticeships they offer and when, in order to meet their skills needs.