80668 (2024). Hon Carmel Sepuloni to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

80668 (2024). Hon Carmel Sepuloni to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: How many distinct individuals, if any, have accessed (Apprenticeship Boost) since October 2023; what is the total budget expenditure, if anything, on this initiative since October 2023, listed against the original budget allocation?

Hon Louise Upston: Apprenticeship Boost is a multi-agency collaboration between Ministry of Social Development and Ministry of Education. I am informed by MSD that as of 11 December, 24,808 individual apprentices have received payments since October 2023. I refer the member to the attached table, which provides the actual expenditure and the Budget amount for Apprenticeship Boost.