Other measures to encourage more organisations to take on young apprentices include no employer national insurance contributions for under-25s, £1,000 payments for employers and training providers when taking on young people aged under 19 (or under 25 for those with an education, health and care plan), and a bursary of £3,000 for apprentices with care experience aged 16-24.
At the 2021 Spending Review, the government announced apprenticeship funding would rise from £2.5bn to £2.7bn by 2024/25, to support more starts for people of all ages. The following year, the government raised the national minimum apprenticeship wage by 9.7 per cent to £5.28 an hour.
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