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* 1. Do you welcome the Prime Ministers announcement on the 'guarantee' apprenticeships?

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* 2. Would a 'guarantee' be helpful to stimulate employers recruit more apprenticeships?

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* 3. Are you anticipating that without Government support a decline in your recruitment of apprenticeships as a provider?

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* 4. Would you welcome a return to programme led apprenticeships (without employment status) as one form of making the guarantee work

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* 5. Is employment critical to the status of an apprentice?

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* 6. Assuming the Government preserves the employed status of apprentices, would a wage subsidy for employers stimulate demand for recruitment of apprentices in the next 12 months?

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* 7. If yes, should the wage subsidy be?

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* 8. If a wage subsidy was introduced, do you believe your recruitment of apprentices would increase by (in the next 12 months):

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* 9. Without intervention by government, what reduction in apprenticeship recruitment do you envisage over the next 12 months?

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* 10. Should a government guarantee be limited to those aged 16 – 21 only?

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* 11. Should levy employers be permitted to use their levy to support any wage subsidy for recruitment of new apprentices aged 16 – 21?

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* 12. Should traineeships be extended and funded as a method of supporting Apprenticeship progression?

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* 13. Are you experiencing demand for traineeships?

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* 14. If the answer to 13 Is yes, what issues are you having in meeting that demand?

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* 15. What other ideas do you have which will support the ‘Guarantee’ for young people:

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