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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1676492/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>UK employers with an annual pay bill above £3 million pay the apprenticeship levy, which is collected by HM Revenue &amp; Customs. 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. Through the levy, the government is increasing investment in the apprenticeships system in England to £2.7 billion in the 2024/25 financial year to support employers of all sizes build their workforces. As the apprenticeships levy is UK wide, income from the levy also supports the Devolved Administrations to invest in their skills programmes.<\/p><p>In England, employers can use their levy funds for apprenticeships in their own business or transfer their funds to support apprenticeships in other businesses. Funds that levy payers do not draw on is used to fund apprenticeships in small and medium sized businesses. Levy payers are not expected to use all funds available to them, though they are able to do so.<\/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. The funds in employers\u2019 accounts reflect the \u2018English percentage\u2019 of an employer\u2019s levy contribution and include a 10% top-up from the government.<\/p><p>The funds available to levy-paying employers through their apprenticeship service accounts does not represent the total spend on apprenticeships for levy-paying empoyers and is not the same as the apprenticeships budget which funds apprenticeships for employers of all sizes. On average, 98% of the apprenticeships budget has been spent in the last two financial years.<\/p><p>The table below shows the number of levy-paying employers that have spent more than 50% of the funds declared in their apprenticeship service accounts, including the 10% top-up from the government, in each financial year from 2018/19 to 2022/23.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of employers who spent more than 50% of levy funds<\/p><\/td><td><p>Percentage of total employers who spent more than 50% of levy funds<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>4,210<\/p><\/td><td><p>27%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,000<\/p><\/td><td><p>36%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020/21<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,080<\/p><\/td><td><p>35%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021/22<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,580<\/p><\/td><td><p>35%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2022/23<\/p><\/td><td><p>6,970<\/p><\/td><td><p>35%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The department is supporting employers to make greater use of their levy and have improved the transfer system to make it easier to find other employers who wish to take on apprentices with transferred funds. In April 2019, the department increased the transfer allowance from 10% to 25%, so levy-paying employers could transfer more of their annual funds to support any employer. Since September 2021, over 500 employers, including ASDA, HomeServe, and BT Group, have pledged to transfer over £33 million to support apprenticeships in businesses of all sizes. The table below shows the number of levy-paying employers who spent all of their transfer allowance in each financial year from 2018/19 to 2022/23.<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY (of allowance calculation)<\/p><\/td><td><p>Employers who used all their transfer allowance<\/p><\/td><td><p>Percentage of total employers who used all their transfer allowance<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018/19<\/p><\/td><td><p>70<\/p><\/td><td><p>0.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019/20<\/p><\/td><td><p>170<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2020/21<\/p><\/td><td><p>280<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2021/22<\/p><\/td><td><p>370<\/p><\/td><td><p>2.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2022/23<\/p><\/td><td><p>270<\/p><\/td><td><p>1.4%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>With regard to allowing levy-paying employers to use their funds on non-apprenticeship training schemes and courses, I refer the noble lady to the answer of 10 November 2023 to Question <a href=\"https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-11-07/614\" target=\"_blank\">614<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional financial support they plan to offer to the travel and tourism industry because of the decline of business in that sector.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1796", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/753287/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government supports the sharing economy, and welcomes Airbnb\u2019s recent decision to amend its systems so that entire home listings in London are not available for more than 90 nights in any given year without appropriate planning permission. The Government also welcomes the formation of the UK Short Term Accommodation Association and its work to develop an industry code of conduct.<\/p><p>Changes in section 44 of the Deregulation Act in no way weaken existing protection for residents against statutory nuisances and anti-social behaviour.<\/p><p>Where short term lets breach the rules, responsibility for enforcement lies with the local authority, as it does for any breaches of planning control, and householders who breach the rules face significant fines.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4282", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth"}
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