To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many small and medium-sized businesses offered apprenticeships using funding not drawn on by larger businesses under the apprenticeship levy in each of the last three years.
The apprenticeship levy is an important part of the department’s reforms, incentivising larger businesses to develop apprenticeship programmes or support their supply chains to employ apprentices. The money that levy-payers do not draw on is used to fund ...
Apprentices: Small Businesses