Some parents on benefits to get up to £4,500 for child starting apprenticeship
Summary
The UK government will give some parents on benefits up to £4,500 a year to encourage their children to start apprenticeships. This payment will help families who lose some benefit money when their children begin paid apprenticeships by replacing the lost income.Key Facts
- Parents on benefits could get up to £4,500 yearly to support children starting apprenticeships.
- The payment aims to stop families from losing money when a young person starts an apprenticeship job.
- It will help a few thousand households who currently lose between £17 and £330 a week because apprenticeships count as earned income.
- The bursary is funded by a £30 million budget from a levy on employers with wage bills over £3 million.
- A government advisory report pointed out that benefits rules sometimes reduce payments too much when young people work as apprentices.
- More than a million young people aged 16 to 24 in the UK are not in education, employment, or training (NEET).
- The government says this bursary will support young people to "earn and learn" without losing benefits.
- Additional funding and support for apprenticeship training for under-25s and employers will continue.
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