Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 25 and (c) above 25 there were in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) Liverpool City Region and (iii) England in each year since 2015.

The number of apprenticeship starts in St Helens North constituency, Liverpool City Region and England, by age group, from 2014/15 onwards is shown in the table attached.

Figures for the full, final 2019/20 academic year are due to be published in our next ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships’ statistics publication, later this month. The exact publication date will be announced on gov.uk soon.