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Apprenticeship pay rise
The Skills Secretary has announced that the minimum wage for young people in apprenticeships will rise by £15 a week in a bid to boost vocational education.
The new minimum of £95 a week will be introduced in August. Although the average apprentice is paid over £170 a week, the lowest earners currently take home £80.
The government aims to boost the number of 16 & 17 year-olds starting apprenticeships by 50,000 each year as part of plans to raise the educational leaving age to 18.
Skills Secretary John Denham said:
"We will go on to make sure that apprenticeships are a mainstream option for all young people and for adults in England. Within the next decade one in five young people will be able to take up an apprenticeship."
Submitted on Sat 28 Mar 2009
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