This meant that some of the levy money was used to fund ‘business as usual’ resulting in perception amongst home builders that they were paying more money for the same service.iWritten evidence
Atos UK and Ireland spoke of the process for accessing the funds:
We have not successfully been able to access levy funding in Scotland due to the way the fund is administered in Scotland; the Scottish Government uses its proportionate share of the levy funding to support existing programmes, unlike in England, where employers can receive funding to spend on apprenticeships.iWritten evidence
Greene King (which employs over 3,000 people in Scotland, at their brewery in Dunbar and in pubs across the country) described a similar scenario.