Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of people starting level (a) 3, (b) 4 and (c) higher apprenticeships in the last 12 months by age; and how many and what proportion of those people had passed a level 2 qualification in (i) English and (ii) maths when they started.

The number of apprenticeship starts in the 2022/23 academic year by age and detailed level can be found in the following link: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/61f7174f-5980-4983-e812-08dc1e6f466d.

The department does not hold information relating to prior achievement for English and mathematics qualifications.