Policy paper

Apprenticeship funding

How the government funds apprenticeships in England, including details of funding bands and the apprenticeship levy.

From:
DepartmentEducation forand EducationSkills Funding Agency
Published
17 May 2018
Last updated
244 JulyApril 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England

Documents

Apprenticeship funding in England (from April 2023)

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The eligible and ineligible costs of training consultation response

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Apprenticeship funding in England (from June 2022)

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Apprenticeship funding in England (from November 2021)

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Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2021)

PDF, 241 KB, 16 pages

Apprenticeship funding in England (from April 2021)

PDF, 262 KB, 21 pages

Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2020)

PDF, 320 KB, 22 pages

Apprenticeship funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy from January 2020

PDF, 244175 KB, 6 pages

Apprenticeship funding in England (from April 2019)

Ref: DFE-00061-2019 PDF, 224 KB, 13 pages

The

Apprenticeship eligiblefunding andin ineligibleEngland costs(from ofAugust training2018)

Ref: consultationDFE-00156-2018 PDF, response208 KB, 16 pages

Apprenticeship funding in England (from May 2017)

Ref: DFE-00194-2016 PDF, 273392 KB, 3123 pages

Details

These policy papers set out how the government funds apprenticeships in England.England, dating back to reforms that were introduced in May 2017.

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  • ‘Apprenticeship arefunding availablein onEngland The(from NationalJune Archives,2022)’ coveringapplies updatesto backapprentices who started after 1 June 2022

  • ‘Apprenticeship funding in England (from November 2021)’ applies to 2017.apprentices who started after 1 November 2021

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  • In‘Apprenticeship Decemberfunding 2020,in weEngland ran(from aApril consultation2021)’ onapplies howto apprentices who started after 1 April 2021

  • ‘Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2020)’ applies to apprentices who started after 1 August 2020

  • ‘Apprenticeship funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship budgetlevy is(from managed.January The2020)’ consultationoutlines responsechanges isto the resultway ofemployers thatwho work.do not pay the levy arrange their apprenticeships

  • Changes‘Apprenticeship asfunding ain resultEngland of(from theApril consultation2019)’ wereapplies implementedto apprentices who started after 1 April 2019

  • ‘Apprenticeship funding in theEngland 2022(from August 2018)’ applies to 2023apprentices academicwho year.started after 1 August 2018

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  • ‘Apprenticeship informationfunding in England (from May 2017)’ applies to apprentices who started after 1 May 2017 up to 31 July 2018

TheRead the equality assessment setsof out the effect that this apprenticeship funding system will have on groups with protected‘protected characteristics,characteristics’ for(for example disabilities.a disability).

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Read the latest apprenticeship funding rules.

Published 17 May 2018
Last updated 244 JulyApril 2023 + show all updates

  1. 'Apprenticeship funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy' has been added. Information has been included about the 'Apprenticeship funding: the eligible and ineligible costs of training' consultation response. A link has been included to older versions of these policy papers on the National Archives.

  2. Updated 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from April 2023)'.

  3. Apprenticeship funding: the eligible and ineligible costs of training consultation response added

  4. Updated 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from June 2022)'.

  5. Updated 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from November 2021)'.

  6. Updated 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2021)'.

  7. Updated 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2020)'.

  8. Added 'Apprenticeship funding in England (from August 2020)'.

  9. We've added the new document: apprenticeship funding for employers who do not pay the apprenticeship levy. This outlines changes to the way employers who do not pay the levy arrange their apprenticeships.

  10. Added 'Apprenticeship funding in England from April 2019'.

  11. First published.