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349961

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date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost to a company is of hiring an apprentice.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	2170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The cost of hiring an apprentice is dependent upon a number of factors. Apprenticeships are real jobs and employers pay the apprentice’s wage. This must be at least the Apprentice National Minimum rate, currently £2.78 per hour (£3.30 from October 2015) for those aged under 19 and anyone in their first year. Most employers pay more than the apprenticeship minimum wage. In 2014, the average gross hourly pay received by apprentices in England was £6.31.</p><p> </p><p>Government pays 100% of the training costs for apprentices aged 16-18 and up to 50% for apprentices aged 19+ (depending on additional factors) with employers contributing the rest. The cost of training is determined on the level and duration of the apprenticeship framework.</p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) provides small businesses (with fewer than 50 employees) a £1,500 per apprentice incentive payment for up to 5 new apprentices aged 16-24. AGE is available until December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/06/2015 13:09:39 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

349962

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices were employed in companies employing fewer than (a) 20 and (b) 50 people in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	2171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>Information is not centrally collected for either the number of apprentices by company size or the number of apprentices who go on to work in the public or private sectors at the end of their apprenticeship.</p><p>A survey carried out during 2013/14, found that approximately 16% of apprentices were working in the public sector[1], and 75% were working in the private sector.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387595/bis-14-1207-Apprenticeships-Evaluation-Employers-December-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387595/bis-14-1207-Apprenticeships-Evaluation-Employers-December-2014.pdf</a> <br> Public/private sector is based upon self-declaration by the employer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 2168 2172 question first answered 18/06/2015 13:06:26 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

350033

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to regularly report on apprentices' (a) wages, (b) number of hours worked, (c) age, (d) level of education and (e) duration of training.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Considerable information on apprenticeships by age and level is already regularly published (in January, March, June, October and November each year) as part of a Statistical First Release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Supplementary tables on the actual duration of apprenticeships (first link) and the planned duration of apprenticeships (second link) are also published online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284791/June13_Apprenticeship_ALOS.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284791/June13_Apprenticeship_ALOS.xls</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381735/apprenticeships-starts-planned-length-of-stay.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381735/apprenticeships-starts-planned-length-of-stay.xls</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on apprenticeship pay and hours in England, Wales and Scotland is not included in the Statistical First Release but is published in research findings from the Apprenticeship Pay Survey. The most recent survey covers apprentices working in 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeship-pay-survey-2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The Apprenticeship Pay Survey was previously carried out in 2012, 2011, 2007 and 2005.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/06/2015 13:44:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

349827

registered interest
date	10/06/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what responsibilities the National Apprenticeship Service has for regulation of apprenticeships in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	1971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Apprenticeship Service is not an organisation in its own right, but is a service delivery brand operated by the Skills Funding Agency (SFA). The SFA, as the funder of post 16 education and training in England, has the responsibility for the funding of apprenticeships in England. Any organisation in receipt of SFA funds to deliver apprenticeships is required to comply with the associated Funding Rules which detail compliance for the apprenticeship programme as referenced in the Deregulation Bill of 2015.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 18/06/2015 13:11:59 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett