Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship programme starts awarded to care leavers at (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships there were in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
Information on apprenticeship starts and achievements for care leavers is not available. The Individualised Learner Record is used to collect apprenticeship learning but does not collect information to identify learners who are in care.
Information on apprenticeship starts and achievements can be found in the further education and skills statistical first release:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-october-2017.