Apprenticeships

APP 133A

Supplementary written evidence submitted by Elmfield Training Ltd

Follow-up points from oral evidence session – 27 March 2012

Q381 – Age breakdown of Morrisons Apprenticeships

The table below shows the percentage starts by age band (funded and unfunded):

16-18	8%
19-24	30%
25+	62%

Q384 – Age breakdown of Morrisons Apprenticeships ‘drop-outs’

The table below shows the percentage ‘drop-outs’ by age band:

16-18	8%
19-24	8%
25+	19%

Q389 – Structure of accreditation

Training in job skills – delivered and funded by Morrisons

Additional training and other inputs required to provide a nationally-accredited qualification (Apprenticeship) – delivered by Elmfield and funded through Elmfield’s contract with the Skills Funding Agency

Q398 – Apprenticeship funding in Scotland

The table below shows the funding from Skills Development Scotland for Morrisons Apprenticeships in Scotland:

2010/11 2011/12 (to date)

16-19	£251,148	£418,539
20+	£147,675	£7,823

Q417 – Executive pay arrangements at Elmfield Training and Skills First Awards

The total remuneration of the CEO of Elmfield Training is £84,900.

The annual salary of the CEO of Skills First Awards is £81,600.

Q426 – Percentage of work that Elmfield does with awarding bodies other than Skills First Awards

31% of Elmfield Training’s activity was with awarding organisations other than Skills First Awards in the 12 months April 2011- March 2012.

Q451 – Profit and loss accounts and projections for Skills First Awards

In the latest published accounts Skills First Awards made a loss of £211k. The forecast for the next set of accounts (awaiting sign-off by PWC) is for a pre-tax profit of £649k.

Q460 – Future Jobs Fund and number of young people going on to full-time employment

£2.8m funding from the Future Jobs Fund went into programmes in Sandwell and Stoke on Trent. 261 young people have progressed directly from these programmes into full-time employment.

Funding for training in Scotland

See answer to Q398 above. Morrisons does not pay Elmfield fees for any of the training.

16 April 2012