A regional analysis of the impact of the Government’s new apprenticeship levy by the IPPR shows that it will boost training most in London and the South East, areas that already have higher levels of employment and better-qualified workers, at the expense of the North East and Yorkshire and Humber, which have low levels of qualifications and greater unemployment.
The new system of funding for apprenticeships comprises an apprenticeship levy for large employers and a system of up front mandatory cash contributions for smaller ones.
The levy, which comes in to effect on 1 April, will apply to employers with a payroll of over £3m.
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