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Written Question
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Apprentices
Wednesday 13th March 2024

Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The department paid £4,665,652 in apprenticeship levy fees and received £437,478.16 between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2023. This includes the 10% Government top up.

The department spent £2,644,021.77 of its available apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.

The data above is for Defra Core, Marine Management Organisation, Natural England, Animal and Plant Health Agency and Joint Nature Conservation Committee, which are collectively included in the Defra Levy Account.

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: Work of Defra
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 We are the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people’s day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.
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Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Post-pandemic health and welfare concerns of companion animals, including abuse and mutilation
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024

Inquiry: UK trade policy: food and agriculture
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Department for Business and Trade, and Department

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Oct. 24 2023

Inquiry: Work of Defra
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Oct. 24 2023

Inquiry: Work of Defra
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bill Documents
7 Feb 2024 - Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill 2023-24

Found: Impact Assessment from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Select Committee
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and Environment Agency

Oral Evidence Nov. 27 2023

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Environment Agency, Department for Environment, Food