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Question

Apprenticeship funding by Government

Published on: 24 November 2025

Question type: Written

Asked by: Inna Gardiner

Reference: WQ.441/2025

Answered by: Minister for Education and Lifelong Learning

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WQ.441/2025

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

BY DEPUTY I. GARDINER OF ST. HELIER NORTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 17th NOVEMBER 2025

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 24th NOVEMBER 2025

Question

"In relation to apprenticeship funding by Government will the Minister advise –

  1. whether the annual funding remains at £1,600 per individual;
  2. whether consideration has been given to increasing this amount by inflation;
  3. how many apprentices applied for the funding in 2024 and 2025 to date;
  4. how many apprentices had their applications refused in 2024 and 2025 to date; and
  5. what was the total funding paid in 2024 and 2025 to date?"

Answer

  1. The annual £1,600 per-individual subsidy has been uplifted in line with inflation where providers requested an increase and where the budget allowed, up to a current maximum of £1,852 per individual.
  2. Increases to the £1,600 subsidy have been applied in line with inflation where requested and where budget permitted to a maximum value £1,852.

 

Subsidised Apprentices

2024

2025 as at October

Highlands College

361

332

Other training providers

34

38

  1. Every apprentice who requested the subsidy and met the required criteria at application was successfully funded.

 

 

2024

2025 forecast

Standard budget subsidy spend

£396,267

£443,200

Investment for Electrical AM2

£193,600

£232,700