Apprentices
(asked on 10th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships her Department supported in each subject area in the last year for which figures are available.
The table below provides the number of people who started apprenticeships in England in the provisional 2016/17 academic year, by a breakdown of sector subject area.
Sector Subject Area | Starts |
Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care | 7,290 |
Arts, Media and Publishing | 860 |
Business, Administration and Law | 137,480 |
Construction, Planning and the Built Environment | 21,010 |
Education and Training | 8,780 |
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies | 74,010 |
Health, Public Services and Care | 138,410 |
Information and Communication Technology | 15,010 |
Leisure, Travel and Tourism | 13,670 |
Retail and Commercial Enterprise | 74,520 |
Science and Mathematics | 290 |
All | 491,300 |
Note: Figures include all funded and unfunded learners reported on the Individualised Learner Record and are rounded to the nearest 10, with the grand total rounded to the nearest 100. This is currently published by the department, and is available in the ‘Apprenticeship starts by level, framework and sector subject area data tool’:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx.