Impact assessment

Apprenticeship funding from May 2017: equality analysis

Analysis of the effect that the apprenticeship funding system we're introducing in May 2017 will have on specific protected groups.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 25 October 2016
• Last updated: 17 May 2018 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Applies to England

Documents

Equality analysis: apprenticeship funding policy from May 2017

Ref: DFE-00262-2016

PDF, 587 KB, 28 pages

Details

An assessment of the effect that the new apprenticeship funding system will have on groups with certain ‘protected characteristics’.

The protected characteristics include:

• disability
• pregnancy and maternity
• race
• religion or belief
• sex and sexual orientation
• age
• marriage and civil partnership
• gender reassignment

This assessment applies to the apprenticeships funding policy introduced in May 2017 and minor changes made to it in 2018. Read the apprenticeships funding policy paper if you would like more information.

Published 25 October 2016
Last updated 17 May 2018 + show all updates

1. 17 May 2018

   Updated list of protected characteristics to include marriage and civil partnership.

2. 25 October 2016

   First published.