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<p>The government introduced the apprenticeship levy to incentivise larger businesses
to develop and invest in their own apprenticeship programmes whilst ensuring the availability
of funding for smaller employers wanting to offer apprenticeships. The levy has supported
the government to increase investment in the apprenticeships system in England to
£2.7 billion in the 2024/25 financial year and supports employers of all sizes to
boost the skills of their workforces.</p><p> </p><p>Employers in England who pay the
apprenticeship levy can access funds for apprenticeship training and assessment by
registering for an apprenticeship service account. Since April 2021, all non-levy
paying employers hiring new apprentices have accessed funds through apprenticeship
service accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of employer accounts
on the apprenticeship service that have accessed funds for apprenticeship training
and assessment in each of the last three academic years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic
Year</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of employer accounts accessing funds</p></td><td><p>64,410 *</p></td><td><p>106,786</p></td><td><p>118,516</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>*To note that this data does not include employers who started an apprenticeship
prior to April 2021 with a training provider who held a contract with the Education
and Skills Funding Agency. As non-levy paying employers started accessing funding
via the Apprenticeship Service from January 2020, this means that the figure above
for 2020/21 will significantly underrepresent the total number of employers accessing
funding.</p>
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