Association of Employment and Learning Providers
Press release – 12 July 2012
AELP concerns in response to FE Loans regulations being laid before Parliament
In response to the BIS press release today on 24+ Advanced Learning Loans, Graham Hoyle OBE, chief executive of the Association of Employment and Learning Providers, said:
“The large turnout of independent providers at briefing events last week on loans indicates a strong desire to understand the new system properly in order to minimise any potential fall-off in learner numbers. There is a concern that the big growth over the last two years in Advanced and Higher Apprenticeships for adults over 24 might cease and actually go into reverse. Adding to this concern would be any levying of VAT on loans in relation to independent provider provision as it’s independent providers who deliver the great majority of these apprenticeships. As the government is championing a growth in Higher Apprenticeships, I hope that early confirmation that VAT will not be levied will be forthcoming from ministers.”
The BIS release can be read here: http://bit.ly/P27IEU.
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