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You can get help from the government to pay for apprenticeship training.

You might be able to get an additional payment of 拢1,000, depending on the apprentice you hire.

What funding you can get

You can get money to go towards the cost of training and assessment. The amount you get depends on whether you pay the apprenticeship levy or not.

Find out if you need to pay the apprenticeship levy.

If you do not pay the apprenticeship levy

You pay 5% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice. You need to:

• agree a payment schedule with the training provider
• pay them directly for the training

The government will pay the rest (95%) up to the funding band maximum. They鈥檒l pay it directly to the training provider.

If your apprentice started before 1 April 2019, you contribute 10% towards the cost of training and assessing your apprentice and the government pays the rest (90%). This rate continues until your apprentice completes their training.

Use your apprenticeships service account to manage funding and provider payments.

The cost of training and assessing your apprentice could be fully funded, up to the funding band maximum, depending on both your and your apprentice鈥檚 circumstances. Check the funding rules to see if you鈥檙e eligible.

If you pay the apprenticeship levy

You鈥檒l get funds to spend on training and assessing your apprentices. The government will add 10%.

Find out how to pay the apprenticeship levy.

Use your apprenticeships service account to manage funding and provider payments.

You cannot use funds from your apprenticeship service account to pay for a flexi-job apprenticeship agency鈥檚 services.

Help to pay for other costs

You can get 拢1,000 to support your apprentice in the workplace if, at the start of their apprenticeship training, they are one of the following:

• 16 to 18 years old (or 15 years old if the apprentice鈥檚 16th birthday is between the last Friday of June and 31 August)

• 19 to 24 years old with an education, health and care (EHC) plan聽

• 19 to 24 years old and have been in care

You can spend it on any costs related to their employment, for example their salary, travel costs or uniform.

How and when you鈥檒l be paid

The training provider will pay you once they鈥檝e confirmed that an apprentice is eligible. You鈥檒l be paid in 2 instalments of 拢500.

You鈥檒l get the first payment 90 days after the apprenticeship started and the second payment one year after the apprenticeship started. (Training providers must pay you within 30 working days of receiving the money from the government.)

You鈥檒l only get paid if the apprentice is still employed by you when the payment is due.