1. How much money was raised by the Apprenticeship Levy overall for the local authority during the period of 2017 to 2021
This information is from May 2017 when the apprenticeship levy was first introduced until December 2021: £1,984,138.97 in total had been received in levy funding from government.
This has been answered on how much WBC has received in funding from Government.

2. How much of this money was returned to HMRC of the amount raised over the four years
Levy funding is valid for two years, we started returning unspent levy in August 2019.
Between August 2019 and December 2021 a total of £469,948.57 has been returned to government in unspent levy.
This has been answered on how much has been returned to government in unspent levy.