Apprenticeship Levy receipts by year
The Apprenticeship Levy paid by employers with a pay bill over £3 million, introduced in April 2017.
£4.4 billion
0.5%
HMRC records Apprenticeship Levy receipts of £4.4 billion in 2025 to 2026, 0.5% of all HMRC receipts that year. That compares with £4.1 billion in 2024 to 2025, a change of +7.1% in cash terms. Its share of total HMRC receipts ranged from 0.4% (2017 to 2018) to 0.5% (2020 to 2021).
Receipts by year
| Tax year | Receipts | Change on previous year | Share of HMRC receipts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 to 2026 | £4.4 billion | +7.1% | 0.47% |
| 2024 to 2025 | £4.1 billion | +6.7% | 0.48% |
| 2023 to 2024 | £3.8 billion | +7.3% | 0.46% |
| 2022 to 2023 | £3.6 billion | +11.4% | 0.45% |
| 2021 to 2022 | £3.2 billion | +10.4% | 0.45% |
| 2020 to 2021 | £2.9 billion | +4.0% | 0.50% |
| 2019 to 2020 | £2.8 billion | +3.1% | 0.44% |
| 2018 to 2019 | £2.7 billion | +19.5% | 0.44% |
| 2017 to 2018 | £2.3 billion | 0.38% |
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Sources and receipts
- HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions for the UK: statistics table, HM Revenue and Customs.
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