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date	30/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the ability of apprenticeship levy paying employers to transfer levy funds to non-levy paying employers.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	7647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting employers to engage with apprenticeships to help invest in the long-term skills needs of their business. We have already seen employers making use of transfers to support apprenticeship starts in their supply chains, or to meet local skills needs. Since April 2018 there have been 1,020 transferred commitments where the transfer of funds between apprenticeship service accounts had been approved. Of these transferred commitments, 780 have so far resulted in apprenticeship starts.</p><p>We have taken a number of steps to make it easier for levy-paying employers to transfer funds to other employers. In response to employer feedback, in April 2019 we raised the cap on transfers to 25% of the annual value of funds entering levy-payers’ apprenticeship service accounts. We have also announced that we will shortly enable levy payers to transfer funds to cover the full cost of training for 16 to 18 year olds in the smallest businesses with fewer than 50 employers.</p><p>Transfers give levy-paying employers more options in how they use their levy funds, as well as creating apprenticeship opportunities for organisations who may have previously felt that employing an apprentice was beyond their reach. We are pleased to see that levy payers with uncommitted funds are increasingly using transfers to support apprenticeship starts in non-levy paying employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/11/2019 17:08:24 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1167508

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Personal Care Services: Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with representatives from the Local Government Association on the adequacy of health and safety registration procedures in relation to hair salons.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	7651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>We have not had any discussions with representatives from the Local Government Association on the adequacy of health and safety registration procedures in relation to hair salons.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/11/2019 16:25:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1167187

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Government regulators are able to undertake end-point assessments of trained apprentices using Trailblazer Apprenticeships standards.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	7070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Assessors from any organisation undertaking end-point assessment must be on the Education and Skills Funding Agency’s register of end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs). If an organisation can demonstrate their capability and capacity to deliver, and are not involved in the on-programme delivery of the standard either as a training provider or employer, they are eligible to apply to be an EPAO.</p><p>All end-point assessments are subject to external quality assurance by an independent external body to ensure the consistency of high-quality assessments and maintained standards. Regulators such as Ofqual, provide external quality assurance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/11/2019 17:17:59 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1167188

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Shipping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the amount of sea time required by employee to qualify as an Able Seafarer (Deck) apprentice.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	7071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships. I have asked its Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 04/11/2019 17:23:19 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden