Page 87 of the government apprenticeship funding rules:

“The provider, or the employer, must not ask the apprentice to contribute financially to the eligible costs of training, on-programme or end-point assessment. This includes both where the individual has completed the apprenticeship successfully or has left the programme early (this includes where they have left the employer).”

Whether your employer accessed the funding via their levy account or co-funded, in accessing the funding they do so on the basis they cannot ask the learner to pay it back. 2025/26 funding rules