[140] For all apprentices who start their intermediate level apprenticeship on or after 1 August 2014:

[140.1] you must offer level 2 functional skills or GCSE qualifications in English or maths (or both)  to those apprentices who have not yet achieved level 2 in English or maths (or both), whether or not this is included in a framework; and

[140.2] the apprentice must start and continue to take part in level 2 English and maths during their intermediate level apprenticeship if the apprentice already had a level 1 in either English or maths (or both) before they started their apprenticeship.

[141] All intermediate level apprentices who achieve level 1 in English or maths (or both) before the end of their intermediate level apprenticeship must be offered the opportunity to progress to level 2 in English or maths (or both).

[142] Apprentices will not need to have achieved level 2 in English or maths (or both) if it is not a mandatory element of their apprenticeship framework.

[143] The funding for all English and maths provision delivered as part of an apprenticeship must be reported as an apprenticeship learning aim in the ILR, including level 2 learning in an intermediate level apprenticeship.

[144] You must not claim funding for level 1 in English or maths in an apprenticeship where the mandatory requirement of the apprenticeship framework is at level 2.