As mentioned above. Local authorities should not be able to decide that the apprentices must be local but should use the builder’s record to see that they are doing the right thing overall. Another worrying trend with some local authorities. Planning permission, Section 106 obligations may include the need for placing apprentices on site. A few years back the penalty for not fulfilling the apprentice quota would be a fine. Because the fine was significantly lower than the cost of an apprentice, builders would pay the fine. Resulting in no apprentice placement and a bit of extra income for the Local authority. Now the fines are more substantial so it encourages builders to take on the apprentices. However anecdotally, some LAs are placing onerous obligations on the builder, which are not possible to achieve and exacting fines on the missed placements, often with a bloated penalty. This does come across as going too far the other way There are so many obstacles to getting apprentices on site already, muddying the waters with self serving mechanisms does not help.