The government is to provide more support for employers offering apprenticeships to young people, George Osborne has announced
In his Budget speech Osborne said the government will provide funding of £85m in both 2014-15 and 2015-16 to extend the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers (AGE) scheme. This will provide over 100,000 grants to employers.
In addition, the government is to provide £20m over two years to support apprenticeships up to postgraduate level.
The extension of the AGE scheme will cost £100m for the next two years
Some 1.6m people have started apprenticeships since the coalition came to power with advanced level apprenticeship starts up 137% between 2009-10 and 2012-13.
