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Modern Apprenticeships

Modern Apprenticeships. Funding Paul McGuiness National Operations Manager. Modern Apprenticeships Funding. Agenda. Key Principles Consultation exercise Modern Apprenticeship Budget/Target Funding Support 2017-18 Occupational Groups and MA frameworks Funding Elements Funding of MAs

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Modern Apprenticeships

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  1. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Paul McGuiness National Operations Manager

  2. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Agenda • Key Principles • Consultation exercise • Modern Apprenticeship Budget/Target • Funding Support 2017-18 • Occupational Groups and MA frameworks • Funding Elements • Funding of MAs • Examples of Contribution Rates • Rural Uplift • Q&A

  3. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Key Principles • fit with our duty to provide the minimum funding necessary to encourage the provision of apprenticeships by employers • take account of Scottish Government economic and youth employment priorities • promote a quality service, by reflecting the differential levels of training and assessment input required across the occupational groupings and VQ levels • fit with existing and projected budgets as well as existing MA delivery methodologies and frameworks • are sufficiently transparent and uncomplicated Public funding should represent the minimum contribution necessary to encourage the provision of training – (Parliamentary Audit Committee Review of MA 2000)

  4. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Modern Apprenticeships budget/target • New starts 27,000 MA starts target (2017/18) – increasing year on year - 30,000 by 2020 • In-training carrying over into next financial year (liability) c. 72% of budget spend on this group • New starts across range of occupational groups, age groups and levels of MAs • Greatest focus on 16-19 year old cohort then 16-24 cohort (75%+ starts at 16-24 age group) • Greatest focus on level 3+ (65% of starts at level 3+) • Budget estimated spend - £79 million

  5. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Modern Apprenticeships budget/target

  6. Modern Apprenticeships Funding MA Contracted Volumes by SCQF Level 2017-18

  7. Modern Apprenticeships Funding MA Contracted Volumes by type of organisation

  8. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Funding Support 2017-18 • Individuals aged 16-24: Individuals in this age group are eligible for support in completing any approved MA frameworks; • Individuals aged 25+: Government support for individuals in this age group is targeted towards specific sectors and only the relevant MA frameworks are eligible for funding Funding for the Public Sector:- • Government funding for individuals aged 16-24 who work within the Public Sector is available for any MA framework, with no restriction on the length of time in employment; • Government support for individuals aged 25+ who work within the Public Sector is targeted at eligible Modern Apprenticeship frameworks, with no restriction on the length of time in employment

  9. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Occupational Groups and MA frameworks

  10. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Occupational Groups and MA frameworks

  11. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Occupational Groups and MA frameworks

  12. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Occupational Groups and MA frameworks

  13. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Occupational Groups and MA frameworks

  14. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Funding Elements Essential elements of an MA • Administration • Formal taught learning as defined in the MA Framework • Assessment • Core skills/career skills Others relating to SDS Board & Scottish Government priorities • Age at start, prioritising younger participants • Addressing occupational segregation issues • Level of MA framework • Sector – supports key/growth

  15. Costing – evidence & calculations for contribution per element

  16. Costing – evidence & calculation for contribution per element

  17. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Funding of MAs Payment Plan model • Each qualification within an MA framework has a payment plan that sets out how SDS will fund and the evidence requirements • 16-19 year olds – start payment, milestone payments and outcome payment (paid on completion of the MA) • 20-24 and 25+ - milestone payments and outcome payment (paid on completion of the MA) Claims • Evidence in line with requirements of payment plan – e.g. progress towards the SVQ, e.g. Achievement of a unit of the SVQ or quarterly progress review model (engineering) • Providers etc claim when they have the evidence as set out within the payment plan

  18. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Contribution rates

  19. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Rural Uplift • SDS set up a rural MA working group to examine the issues raised by employers and training providers regarding the costs of accessing training in more remote and rural areas of Scotland • Concerns raised around cost to visit employers in remote locations, additional costs for assessors etc • For 2017/18 a rural support policy has been adopted for apprentices who live in the following Local Authority areas: • Aberdeenshire; Argyll and Bute; Highland; Isle of Arran; Moray; Orkney; Perth & Kinross; Shetland; Western Isles; Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders

  20. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Rural Uplift – How this will be funded

  21. Modern Apprenticeships Funding Q&A

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