To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of how much would be raised annually by a levy of 0.5 per cent on PAYE costs, in a similar manner to the Construction Industry Training Board levy, from (1) private sector employers, and (2) pub...
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they are using, in their preparations for an apprenticeship levy, of the approximate annual amount that the levy would raise from (1) private sector employers, and (2) public sector employers, in Scotland.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the time pressures referred to in the letter from the Minister of State for Skills, Nick Boles MP, to the Scottish Government dated 20 August on the subject of the apprenticeship levy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the letter from the Minister of State for Skills, Nick Boles MP, to the Scottish Government dated 20 August about the proposed apprenticeship levy.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether all of the revenues collected from Scottish employers under the proposed apprenticeship levy will be available for either Scottish employers or the Scottish Government to use.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will announce the mechanism by which Scottish businesses paying the proposed apprenticeship levy would gain access to new services or revenues that increase training opportunities for their employees.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with (1) the Scottish Government, and (2) CBI Scotland, about the proposed apprenticeship levy prior to the announcement that it would apply to Scottish employers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they first announced publicly that the proposed apprenticeship levy would apply to public sector employers in Scotland.