Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of a modern apprenticeship was in the most recent period for which figures are available.

In the latest 2016/17 provisional final year figures, the average length of stay on apprenticeship programmes was 479.8 days.

Notes:

1. Data source: Single Individualised Learner Record (SILR).
2. Within the SILR, providers can record the start date, planned end date, and actual end date for each apprenticeship record.
3. Actual end date is only recorded for learners who have reached the end of their programme, or those who have withdrawn early.
4. This calculation only includes those learners who have completed their programme.
5. Some learners can complete their programme in a shorter time due to prior learning.
6. Some learners take longer than expected due to planned breaks in learning.
7. A small number of learners from the Employer Outcome Pilot are not included in this calculation.