{"id":42245,"date":"2018-06-15T10:04:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T09:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=42245"},"modified":"2018-06-15T10:04:34","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T09:04:34","slug":"urgent-review-of-apprenticeship-levy-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/urgent-review-of-apprenticeship-levy-required\/42245\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent review of apprenticeship levy required, says FMB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The Apprenticeship Levy is failing and the Government needs to rethink its approach, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB)<\/h2>\n<p>The 28% fall in apprenticeship starts between August 2017 and March 2018 compared with the same period the previous academic year suggests the Government needs to look again at the way the Apprenticeship Levy is working, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmb.org.uk\/\">Federation of Master Builders (FMB)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/statistics\/announcements\/apprenticeship-and-levy-statistics-june-2018\">statistics published yesterday<\/a> (14 June) by the Department for Education (DfE), Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government\u2019s own statistics show a 28% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/calls-for-change-to-the-apprenticeship-levy-intensify-as-numbers-drop-again\/40058\/\">plunge in apprenticeship starts<\/a> over the current academic year so far. The Apprenticeship Levy was introduced in April 2017 to boost apprenticeship training across all business sectors but so far it seems to be having the opposite effect. Some reforms are obvious and need to be looked at more urgently now. The Government should allow large companies to pass more of their Levy vouchers down through their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/how-to-handle-disruptions-to-the-supply-chain\/41853\/\">supply chains<\/a> if the company itself is not in a position to train apprentices. Currently large firms are only permitted to pass 10% of their Levy funds down to their sub-contractors and others in their supply chain. There needs to be much greater flexibility than this. In the construction sector, larger firms often do not directly employ on-site tradespeople or directly train apprentices and so there is a real danger this industry and others will continue to fail to take advantage of the Apprenticeship Levy if we can\u2019t change this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Berry concluded: \u201cThese figures have been published shortly after the FMB\u2019s latest research which shows that small construction firms are experiencing record highs in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/fmb-says-delivery-plan-needed-to-address-construction-skills-shortage\/39939\/\">skills shortages<\/a>. In the long term, the only way we will be able to address the chronic skills crisis is by recruiting and training more new entrants. We know that 58% of builders are struggling to hire bricklayers and 55% are having difficulties finding carpenters and joiners. 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