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<p>The Skills Funding Agency outlined in their previous response (29 January 2015)
that from the day the apprentice reaches 13 weeks of their apprenticeship (the census
day for eligibility to AGE), payment can take between 5 weeks and 9 weeks to reach
the training provider, dependent on where the 13 week point falls in relation to the
next monthly data return to the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p> </p><p>Once the Skills
Funding Agency receives data from the provider to confirm eligibility for AGE, payment
to the provider is made within 30 days and the Skills Funding Agency has always met
this timeline.</p><p> </p><p>Providers are contractually bound to pay the employer
their AGE payment within 30 days of receipt of the funds from the Skills Funding Agency.</p><p>
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