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<p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government and devolved administrations agreed
an Apprenticeship Levy funding deal, based on population share.</del></p><p> </p><p><del
class="ministerial">Under this agreement, the UK Government uplifted Spending Review
2015 settlements as set out in Block Grant Transparency to ensure the devolved administrations
received a full population share of forecast Levy funding from 2017-18 to 2019-20.
This population share amounted to £1.3 billion across all three devolved administrations
over the three-year period, with £460 million allocated in 2019-20.</del></p><p> </p><p><del
class="ministerial">Beyond 2019-20, it was agreed that the normal operation of the
population-based Barnett formula would deliver a similarly fair outcome rather than
a bespoke arrangement being required.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The devolved
administrations received record settlements at the 2021 Spending Review and are well
funded to deliver devolved responsibilities. Those settlements are still growing in
real terms this year, and over the three-year spending review period, despite inflation
being higher than expected.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">It is for
the devolved administrations to decide how to allocate their funding in devolved areas.</del></p><p>
</p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the Honorable Member to the answer that I
gave on 7 March 2022 to the Honorable Member for Enfield, Southgate (UIN 156216).
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