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Funding

Helping You Achieve Your Goals

Apprenticeship Funding

You can get help from the government:
To pay for apprenticeship training and assessment
As an incentive payment for other costs

Help To Pay For Apprenticeship Training And Assessment

The amount you get depends on whether you pay the apprenticeship levy or not. You pay the levy if you’re an employer with a pay bill over £3 million each year.
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If You Do Not Need To Pay The Levy

You pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your adult apprenticeship if they are aged over 21 years. You need to:
To pay for apprenticeship training and assessment
As an incentive payment for other costs
The government will pay the rest (95%) up to the funding band maximum. They’ll pay it directly to the training provider.

You could be eligible for extra funding depending on both your and your apprentice’s circumstances.
Sector Apprenticeship standard Level Funding band maximum Non-levy Employer Contribution (5% of total training costs) Levy Employer Contribution (90% of total training costs)
Adult care Adult Care Worker 2 £3,000 £150 £2,700
Adult care Lead Adult Care Worker 3 £3,000 £150 £2,700
Adult care Leader in Adult Care 5 £7,000 £350 £6,300
Customer service Customer Service Practitioner 2 £3,500 £175 £3,150
Customer service Customer Service Specialist 3 £4,000 £200 £3,600
Leadership & Management Team Leader/Supervisor 3 £5,000 £250 £4,500
Leadership & Management Operations / Departmental Manager 5 £7,000 £350 £6,300
Healthcare Healthcare Support Worker 2 £3,000 £150 £2,700
Healthcare Senior Healthcare Support Worker 3 £5,000 £250 £4,500
Education and Learning Teaching assistant 3 £5,000 £250 £4,500
Education and Learning Learning Mentor 3 £5,000 £250 £4,500
Education and Learning Assessor/Coach 4 £7,000 £350 £6,300
Education and learning Learning and Skills Teacher 5 £10,000 £500 £9,000
Business Administration Learning and Development Consultant 5 £7,000 £350 £6,300
Business Administration Learning and Development Practitioner 3 £6,000 £300 £5,400
Business Administration Employability Practitioner 4 £6,000 £300 £5,400
Administration Business Administrator 3 £5,000 £250 £4,500
If you’re an employer with a pay bill over £3 million a year, you must pay the apprenticeship levy from 6 April 2017 through your digital account, which is linked to your payroll system. This money must be used for your existing staff and new recruits to complete Adult Apprenticeships. Your organisation pays 90% of the full training fee and the Government pays 10%. If you run out of funds in your digital account the Government will increase payment to support continued training for your staff, as long as they are completing in work training Apprenticeships.
As an employer who doesn’t pay the apprenticeship levy, you’ll pay 5% towards the cost of the apprenticeship. The government will pay the rest (95%) up to the funding band maximum, directly to the training provider. 

- Where the apprentice is aged 16-21 years the employer does not have to pay a contribution.


- Where an individual is 22 - 24 years-old with an education, health and care plan and/or have been in the care of their local authority the employer does not need to pay a contribution.


If the employer recieves a Levy Transfer 100% of the funding cost will be covered.

Employers are not required to pay National Insurance Contributions for apprentices under the age of 25 on earnings below the higher tax rate of £827 a week (£43,000 a year).
£1,000 payment to both the employer and provider when they train a 16- to 18-year-old.
£1,000 payment to both the employer and provider when they train a 19- to 24-year-old who has previously been in care or who has a local authority education, health and care plan.
Register for an apprenticeship service account to access funds or pay for training.

If you pay the apprenticeship levy, you cannot use funds from your apprenticeship service account to pay for an apprenticeship training agency’s services.
Get help
Fill in the enquiry form or contact the Apprenticeship service for more information.

Apprenticeship service
Telephone: 0800 015 0600
Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm
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You can get more information or use the webchat service on the apprenticeship service employer support site.
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