Apprentices: Taxation
(asked on 3rd May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the call from the CBI for a rethink of the Apprenticeships Training Levy in the light of the costs to businesses.
We’ve been talking to hundreds of businesses, and other bodies including the CBI, since we announced the apprenticeship levy in last summer’s budget and these conversations have played a major part in shaping how the apprenticeship levy will work.
Businesses across the country can only grow and compete on the world stage if they have the right people with the right skills. Alongside employer led apprenticeship standards and the new Institute for Apprenticeships, the levy will boost the quality and quantity of apprenticeships - something employers agree is needed for a productive UK workforce.
We know businesses want to understand how the levy will work for them, that’s why we published a detailed guide last month that is already being used by tens of thousands of employers.