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1. No National Insurance (social insurance) costs - these are paid by SAL as the
employer of the apprentice

2. No holiday pay
3. No need to pay the apprentice whilst they are learning in the vocational

school
4. No pension contribution costs

5. No PPE (personal protective equipment) costs as PPE is provided by SAL
6. Flexible workforce with no long term commitment to training
7. No admin overhead as SAL look after paperwork, apprentice issues, salary,

behavioural issues and discipline

For the business, an apprentice in their first year in May 2017 costs £191.88 per week
(plus sales tax). This increases to £259.74 per week (plus sales tax) for year two.

Impacts

Impacts of the programme can be seen across individuals, businesses and indeed
at a societal level. Individual impacts provide the young apprentice with purpose
and employment, providing them with money and confidence along with

developing their skills for future employment. Impact on the individual can also
expand into the wider family network via the tackling of inequalities and providing

households with their first employed member for many years.

From a business perspective, impacts include securing the future workforce and
addressing the issue of an ageing workforce, bringing key skills back into the local

region and communities, receiving additional resource when required on a short
term basis which also enables them to accept more jobs and grow their business.

Societal skills have briefly been touched on already, however the removal of young
people from unemployment benefit is a key societal impact along with the

provision of assistance for those who may have disengaged with school and
suffered inequalities.

Future

Whilst SAL is primarily focussed on the construction sector, there are plans to
transfer the pilot model across other industry sectors that are important within

DELTA (2017-1-UK01-KA202-036810) IO3