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<p>The Department for Education has a ring-fenced apprenticeship budget which has
been set regardless of how much levy receipts are each year. This budget was set at
£2.23 billion for the 2018-19 financial year. It is used to fund new apprenticeship
starts in levy and non-levy paying employers and to cover the ongoing training costs
of apprentices that are already in training.</p><p>Spending on the apprenticeship
programme is demand led - employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and at
what level, how many and when, to meet their current and future skills needs.</p><p>We
will publish details on aggregate apprenticeship spending in our departmental end
of year accounts as part of our annual financial reporting cycle.</p>
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