Recommendation 5

The Government should: • extend the expiry window for unspent levy funding to three years; • consult on allowing levy funding to be used on capital expenditure to support the provision of training and skills development (so long as that is not to the detriment of passing down that levy funding for the benefit of small and medium-sized enterprises in the supply chain); • set out options for mechanisms for larger companies to use or pass down levy funding for the benefit of the small and medium-sized enterprises in their supply chains; and • consult on permitting levy funding to be directly spent anywhere in the UK by manufacturers with operations in other UK nations as well as England. (Recommendation, Paragraph 35 )