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The funds in apprenticeship service accounts are available for levy paying employers to use for 24 months before they begin to expire on a rolling, month by month basis. Employers began to pay the apprenticeship levy in April 2017 and unused levy funds began to expire in May 2019.<\/p>
The attached table shows the figures for monthly levy expiry from May 2019 to date.<\/p>
The levy is an important part of our reforms to apprenticeships which are vital for driving our economic recovery. It supports employers of all sizes to invest in high quality apprenticeship training. In the 2021-22 financial year, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will remain around £2.5 billion \u2013 double that spent in the 2010-11 financial year in cash terms.<\/p>
We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all the funds available to them, but they are able to if they wish. As well as funding new apprenticeships in levy paying employers, income from the levy is used to fund new apprenticeships in employers that do not pay the levy, as well as existing apprentices that started in previous years.<\/p>
The funds available to levy paying employers through their apprenticeship service accounts are not the same as the Department for Education\u2019s annual apprenticeships budget. The annual apprenticeship budget is set by Her Majesty's Treasury, and although closely linked, is distinct from the total levy income collected by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.<\/p>
Details of apprenticeship budget spend for the 2020-21 financial year will be included in the Education and Skills Funding Agency\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts which is due to be published in November 2021.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4680", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gillian Keegan"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chichester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Gillian Keegan"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315619/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "2947_2948_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019_to_date.xls"} , "title" : "2947_2948_table_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "2948"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-05-24T12:33:56.8Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-05-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what amount of apprenticeship levy funding has remained unspent after a period of 24 months in each month since January 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesterfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Toby Perkins"} ], "uin" : "2947"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The funds in apprenticeship service accounts are available for levy paying employers to use for 24 months before they begin to expire on a rolling, month by month basis. Employers began to pay the apprenticeship levy in April 2017 and unused levy funds began to expire in May 2019.<\/p>
The attached table shows the figures for monthly levy expiry from May 2019 to date.<\/p>
The levy is an important part of our reforms to apprenticeships which are vital for driving our economic recovery. It supports employers of all sizes to invest in high quality apprenticeship training. In the 2021-22 financial year, funding available for investment in apprenticeships in England will remain around £2.5 billion \u2013 double that spent in the 2010-11 financial year in cash terms.<\/p>
We do not anticipate that all employers who pay the levy will need or want to use all the funds available to them, but they are able to if they wish. As well as funding new apprenticeships in levy paying employers, income from the levy is used to fund new apprenticeships in employers that do not pay the levy, as well as existing apprentices that started in previous years.<\/p>
The funds available to levy paying employers through their apprenticeship service accounts are not the same as the Department for Education\u2019s annual apprenticeships budget. The annual apprenticeship budget is set by Her Majesty's Treasury, and although closely linked, is distinct from the total levy income collected by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.<\/p>
Details of apprenticeship budget spend for the 2020-21 financial year will be included in the Education and Skills Funding Agency\u2019s Annual Report and Accounts which is due to be published in November 2021.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4680", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gillian Keegan"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chichester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Gillian Keegan"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315620/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "2947_2948_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019_to_date.xls"} , "title" : "2947_2948_table_monthly_levy_expiry_from_May_2019"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2021-05-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "2947"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2021-05-24T12:33:56.877Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2021-05-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Apprentices: Taxation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to announce the amount of the total apprenticeship levy underspend for the financial year 2020-21; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chesterfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Toby Perkins"} ], "uin" : "2948"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315247", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315247/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Restart Grants announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors, to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.<\/p>
<\/p>
Strand One of the Restart Grants aims to support non-essential retail with grants of up to £6,000. Stand Two is to support hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses, with grants of up to £18,000. The higher amount is in recognition that these sectors will have been allowed to open at a later date and are likely to be more severely impacted by remaining restrictions.<\/p>
<\/p>
The main service principle will determine which threshold of funding a business receives. Businesses will need to declare which is their main service. Local Authorities will need to exercise their reasonable judgement to determine\u202fwhether or not\u202fa business is eligible for grants, and under which funding threshold, and be satisfied that they have taken reasonable and practicable steps to pay eligible businesses, and to pay them the correct amount.<\/p>
<\/p>
Local Authorities in England have also been allocated £2bn in additional funding via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), to provide essential support that best suits their area. The latest FAQs issued to Local Authorities on 6 May explain that ARG funding can be used as a top-up for businesses that are in receipt of grants under other schemes.<\/p>
<\/p>
Further guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-restrictions-support-grants-lrsg-and-additional-restrictions-grant-arg-guidance-for-local-authorities<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason photography studios are no longer in the leisure services category for covid-19 support grants.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1315248/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Restart Grants announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 3 March 2021 are one-off grants to businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors, to support businesses to reopen as Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed.<\/p> <\/p> Strand One of the Restart Grants aims to support non-essential retail with grants of up to £6,000. Stand Two is to support hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym businesses, with grants of up to £18,000. The higher amount is in recognition that these sectors will have been allowed to open at a later date and are likely to be more severely impacted by remaining restrictions.<\/p> <\/p> The main service principle will determine which threshold of funding a business receives. Businesses will need to declare which is their main service. Local Authorities will need to exercise their reasonable judgement to determine\u202fwhether or not\u202fa business is eligible for grants, and under which funding threshold, and be satisfied that they have taken reasonable and practicable steps to pay eligible businesses, and to pay them the correct amount.<\/p> <\/p> Local Authorities in England have also been allocated £2bn in additional funding via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), to provide essential support that best suits their area. The latest FAQs issued to Local Authorities on 6 May explain that ARG funding can be used as a top-up for businesses that are in receipt of grants under other schemes.<\/p> <\/p>
Time Period<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Total Number of Starts <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 20<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 20<\/p><\/td> 280<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 20<\/p><\/td> 1,390<\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 21<\/p><\/td> 440*<\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 21<\/p><\/td> 1,660<\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 21<\/p><\/td> 5,990<\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 21<\/p><\/td> 9,480<\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 21 up to and including 06/05/21<\/p><\/td> 1,570<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 20,700<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> *Figures shown are rounded to nearest 10. The UK entered a national lockdown on January 21 which is reflected in the figures.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) over 25 started a new position under the Kickstart scheme in each month since July 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints against police officers have been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for investigation, by each police force in England and Wales in each year from 2015 to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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