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Written Question
Apprentices: Females
Monday 30th October 2017

Asked by: David Hanson (Labour - Delyn)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2017 to Question 107455, how many women born between (a) 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953, (b) 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953 and (c) 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960 have (i) started and (ii) completed an apprenticeship in each of the last seven years.

Answered by Anne Milton

The tables attached show the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements by women in each of the last six academic years.

It should be noted that older people are less inclined to undertake an apprenticeship compared to those of a younger age, as shown in the table below comparing the 45-59 age group to the 60+ age group. Since 2013/14 the number of apprenticeship starts has been increasing year on year for both of these age groups.

Age group

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

(provisional) 2016/17

45-59

62,200

61,060

41,850

55,730

57,780

58,110

60+

3,680

3,260

2,480

3,410

3,560

3,680

In addition, overall female apprenticeship starts are greater than those for males as shown in the table below.

Gender

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

(provisional) 2016/17

Female

276,220

279,000

232,940

264,750

268,730

262,820

Male

244,360

231,210

207,480

235,140

240,630

228,520

Note: The Starts and Achievements statistics should not be used to measure percentage progress within a year. They are independent performance metrics. Typically, apprenticeships can take two years to complete.

Data on apprenticeship starts and achievements by age band, and by gender are available in the apprenticeship demographic tools:

Starts: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624584/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsx

Achievements:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624824/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsx


Written Question
Apprentices: Older People
Thursday 19th October 2017

Asked by: David Hanson (Labour - Delyn)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) men and (b) women over 60-years of age have (i) started and (ii) completed an apprenticeship in each of the last seven years.

Answered by Anne Milton

The tables below show the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements of those aged over 60-years of age in the last six academic years:

i) Apprenticeship Starts for those aged over 60 years by Gender

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

Provisional 2016/17

Female over 60

1,130

980

740

1,090

1,160

1,320

Male over 60

1,510

1,280

960

1,330

1,330

1,330

ii) Apprenticeship Achievements for those aged over 60 years by Gender

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

Provisional 2016/17

Female over 60

520

460

360

330

420

460

Male over 60

590

720

460

510

590

560

Note: The Starts and Achievements statistics should not be used to measure percentage progress within a year. They are independent performance metrics. Typically, apprenticeships can take two years to complete.

Data on apprenticeship starts and achievements by age band, and by gender are available in the apprenticeship demographic tools:

Starts: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624584/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsx.

Achievements: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624824/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsx.



Written Question
Department for Education: Pay
Friday 26th February 2016

Asked by: David Hanson (Labour - Delyn)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly earnings of (a) female, (b) male, (c) full-time and (d) part-time employees of her Department were in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The Department for Education pays annual salaries. These have been converted to hourly rates using the calculation ((Gross Basic Salary*FTE)/52)/Weekly hours:

Mar-12

Mar-13

Mar-14

Mar-15

Jan-16

a) Male

£21.62

£22.25

£22.30

£22.37

£22.30

b) Female

£19.73

£19.85

£20.09

£20.36

£20.54

c) Full-time

£20.64

£21.02

£21.16

£21.24

£21.28

d) Part-time

£19.65

£19.70

£20.15

£21.01

£21.25

This illustrates a positive trend as over the five year period the pay gap between men and women has reduced from 8.7% to 7.9% and the pay gap between full-time and part-time employees has reduced from 4.8% to 0.1%.