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	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Apprentices: Disadvantaged
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department plans to take to increase apprenticeship enrolment among people from lower-income backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109597 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

777783

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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 steps her Department is taking to ensure that the apprenticeship levy increases social mobility.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	109597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure that high quality apprenticeships are as accessible as possible to all people from all backgrounds.</p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeships already disproportionately benefit people from lower socio-economic backgrounds with apprentices more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds - compared to the population as a whole, 25 per cent of apprentices live in the most disadvantaged fifth of areas.</p><p> </p><p>Our apprenticeship funding policy supports individuals from disadvantaged areas by providing a cash payment to training providers when they train apprentices living in the top 27% of deprived areas.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton grouped question UIN 109701 question first answered 01/11/2017 20:39:03 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt