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date	22/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his policy is on the allocation of surpluses from the apprenticeship levy to the Combined Authorities for the delivery of local skills agendas.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	182135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The current apprenticeship programme does not allocate funding to the Combined Authorities. The apprenticeships programme gives individual employers control over where apprenticeship funds are spent to meet current and future skills needs.</p><p>Transfers to other employers are one way to support local skills needs and help sectors build sustainable capability for the future.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 30/10/2018 14:51:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

889877

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money has been raised from the Apprenticeship Levy by HMRC since its introduction in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	136929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>Monthly receipts data for the Apprenticeship Levy is published by HM Revenue &amp; Customs in their Tax &amp; NIC Receipts publication which can be found online at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701149/Mar18_Receipts_NS_Bulletin_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/701149/Mar18_Receipts_NS_Bulletin_Final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>To date £2.3bn of the estimated 2017-18 liability has been received between April 2017, when the levy was introduced, and March 2018, the latest month for which data is available.</p><p> </p><p>In their March 2018 Economic and Fiscal outlook publication, the Office for Budget Responsibility estimated that the apprenticeship levy liabilities would be £2.6bn in 2017-18. This can be seen at: <a href="http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.obr.uk/EFO-MaRch_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The remainder of the 2017-18 liability is expected to be received in the April 2018 receipts.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 26/04/2018 12:37:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

882559

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the Apprenticeship Levy on businesses in (a) England (b) the East Midlands (c) Mansfield constituency, since the levy was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	135621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>During 2016/17 academic year, provisional data shows the following apprenticeship starts for Mansfield, the East Midlands and England:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>1,450</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>47,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>485,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Annual investment in apprenticeships in England will be £2.45bn in 19/20; double what was spent in 2010-11. Treasury ministers engage with the Secretary of State for Education on a regular basis to monitor the Government’s public investment in skills, and the impact it has had on businesses. Since the introduction of the Levy, 86% of employers said apprenticeships developed skills relevant to their organisation and 78% reported improved productivity (Apprenticeships evaluation 2017, November 2017).</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 23/04/2018 14:14:59 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley