Apprentices: Leeds North West

(asked on 19th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information his Department holds on the number of people undertaking paid apprenticeships in Leeds North West constituency.


Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 27th March 2018

The department holds and publishes a range of data relating to apprenticeships using the information collected through the Individualised Learner Record. For example, information on the number of learners starting apprenticeships by geographical area, including by parliamentary constituency is published on GOV.UK. The table below provides apprenticeship starts for the Leeds North West Constituency in the 2016/17 academic year and in the first quarter of the 2017/18 academic year:

2016/17

2017/18 Quarter 1

Apprenticeship Starts

530

130

Notes:

1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

2) 2016/17 covers August 2016 to July 2017, and 2017/18 Quarter 1 covers August to October 2017.

3) 2017/18 Quarter 1 is reported to date and will be subject to revision.

These data are published in the ‘FE data library’ on GOV.UK:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships.

Additionally, statistics showing the destinations outcomes of learners completing apprenticeships between 2014 and 2015 are available in the ‘Further education outcome-based success measures’ publication:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-outcome-based-success-measures-2014-to-2015. For example, in the Leeds Local Authority District, 4,130 apprentices in 2014/15 completed apprenticeships with 87% going a sustained positive destination, 83% were in sustained employment, and 19% were in sustained learning.

It should also be noted, that all learners starting apprenticeships are paid at least the minimum wage (https://www.gov.uk/apprenticeships-guide/pay-and-conditions). Additional information on the rules and regulations of employing apprentices is available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/take-on-an-apprentice.

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