Care Sector: Apprenticeships Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Care Sector: Apprenticeships

Lord Avebury Excerpts
Monday 6th July 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl of Courtown Portrait The Earl of Courtown
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The noble Baroness is quite correct that the quality of care in these roles is so important, as is the fact that so many young people are coming into this area. According to the overall apprenticeship figures, covering the whole employment workforce, there are now more than 119,000 apprenticeship starts for those under the age of 19, which is an increase of 4.6%.

Lord Avebury Portrait Lord Avebury (LD)
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Can the noble Earl tell us the cost of employing agency nurses in the health service in the current—