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date	27/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department has paid £68 million in apprenticeship levy fees from September 2021 to March 2023, this includes the 10% Government top up. Expenditure between April 2023 to August 2023 is subject to auditing and will be released in the Ministry of Defence financial year 2023-24 Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>As the cost of delivering apprenticeship training as part of professional skills development is linked to the overall training budgets it is not possible to extract the specific apprenticeship spend.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/03/2024 13:49:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1671498

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value was of enhanced learning credits that expired in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	2597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence’s Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC) Scheme promotes lifelong learning amongst members of the Armed Forces. The scheme provides financial support in each of a maximum of three separate Financial Years (FY) for higher level learning of a nationally recognised qualification at Level 3 or above on the Recognised Qualification Framework or, if pursued overseas, an approved international equivalent qualification with an approved learning provider.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 27,543 ELC registered Service personnel reached their Scheme expiry date in FY 2022-23. Out of this number, 2,741 fully utilised their entitlement. The requested information on the value of expired ELC credits is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost; eligibility for lower and higher tier awards varies by time in service, and personnel may choose to use some (or none) of their three possible claims, and/or not claim their full entitlement.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2023 15:39:05 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1606042

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in (a) the 2021-2022 financial year and (b) each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	170623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The proportion of payments made by the Ministry of Defence within five working days can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>MOD (including SDA, DE&amp;S and DNO)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part (a)</p></td><td><p>Financial year 2021-2022</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="12"><p>Part (b)</p></td><td><p>Apr-22</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-22</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-22</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-22</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-22</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-22</p></td><td><p>83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-22</p></td><td><p>94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-23</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-23</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-23</p></td><td><p>TBC</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of small and medium-sized enterprises within these figures is not centrally held and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 27/03/2023 12:11:29 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra