The Government has published proposals for a new funding model for apprenticeships and further details on the apprenticeship levy. Under the plans for the levy, the Government has proposed that employers that are too small to pay the levy – around 98% of employers in England who do not have an annual a pay bill of over £3 million – will have 90% of the costs of training paid for by the Government. Extra support – worth £2,000 per trainee – will also be available for employers and training providers that take on 16- to 18-year-old apprentices or young care leavers with £1,000 going to employers and £1,000 to training providers. Employers with fewer than 50 employees will also have 100% of training costs paid for by Government if they take on these apprentices. Employers will also have the power to determine exactly what training their apprentices receive and what provider they receive it from. 

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