Unwaged Apprentices are currently entitled to a Minimum Training Allowance (MTA) of £40 per week or a higher minimum amount if specified by your local Learning and Skills Council.
Other support available for unwaged apprentices includes travel costs, childcare, personal protective equipment and residential accommodation where necessary. This support is under review and may change from July 2006.
From April 2006, if you are aged 16-19 and a new starter on an Entry to Employment programme or Programme Led Pathway funded by a Learning and Skills Council, the MTA will be replaced by the Education Maintenance Allowance. Also, Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit will be extended to the parents/carers of unwaged trainees. Unwaged trainees who currently get MTA will continue to receive it until they finish their programme, or 1 January 2007. All other Apprentices will be deemed waged and receive £80 as a minimum.
