Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new apprenticeships were made available in the manufacturing industry in each year since 2010.
The most recent statistics on apprenticeship starts by industry sector cover the academic years 2012/13 to 2018/19 and are published on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics
The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing industry in England between academic years 2012/13 and 2018/19.
| Academic year | ||||||
| 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
Total matched apprenticeship starts | 450,710 | 388,590 | 445,910 | 457,020 | 449,830 | 346,840 | 366,170 |
C - Manufacturing | 29,780 | 27,230 | 32,180 | 36,820 | 36,170 | 26,160 | 26,850 |
Data previous to 2012/13 is unavailable and data for 2019/20 will be published in February 2021.