The government has revealed that the amount of funds expiring in employers’ digital apprenticeship service accounts in July 2019 was £44 million, and in August 2019 it was £52 million. It means that a total of £133 million has expired from employers’ levy accounts to date. The unspent money will be made available to small businesses who do not pay the levy to use to train their apprentices. Unspent funds are also used to top-up levy funds by 10 per cent as well as pay for English and maths teaching for relevant apprentices, amongst other things.
