The cost of hiring an apprentice is dependent upon a number of factors. Apprenticeships are real jobs and employers pay the apprentice\u2019s 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>
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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>
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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3995", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Nick Boles"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Grantham and Stamford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Nick Boles"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-06-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-06-18T13:09:39.08Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "26"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Innovation and Skills"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-06-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the average cost to a company is of hiring an apprentice.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3917", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Walney"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barrow and Furness"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Woodcock"} ], "uin" : "2170"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349962", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Innovation and Skills"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/349962/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
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>
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>
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[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/387595/bis-14-1207-Apprenticeships-Evaluation-Employers-December-2014.pdf<\/a> <\/p>"}
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Public/private sector is based upon self-declaration by the employer.<\/p>