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<p>Since April 2016, 1,824 staff have started their apprenticeships in HM Revenue
and Customs (HMRC) either through being recruited as apprentices or by existing staff
taking up an apprenticeship. Apprenticeship starts by nation is as follows:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Apprenticeship starts</p></td><td><p>%
of apprenticeship starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>275</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern
Ireland</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,824</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>As an employer with a pay bill in
excess of £3m pa, HMRC pays 0.5% of its pay bill into the apprenticeship levy on a
monthly basis.</p><p> </p><p>This equates to monthly payments of:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Apr
17</p></td><td><p>May 17</p></td><td><p>Jun 17</p></td><td><p>Jul 17</p></td><td><p>Aug
17</p></td><td><p>Sept 17</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£’000s</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>747</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>794</p></td><td><p>748</p></td><td><p>3,780</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The digital apprenticeship service account went live in May 2017. It
is the responsibility of the learning providers to draw down funding from the Digital
Account. HMRC has been working with providers and the first payments have been made
in October.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Apr 17</p></td><td><p>May
17</p></td><td><p>Jun 17</p></td><td><p>Jul 17</p></td><td><p>Aug 17</p></td><td><p>Sept
17</p></td><td><p>Oct 17</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>286*</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Data as of 12 October 2017</p>
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