Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts there were in the (a) London Borough of Ealing or (b) lowest level data set available in each of the last four reporting periods; and what the average number of those starts was in (a) London and (b) England.
The number of apprenticeship starts for Ealing, Southall constituency, the London Borough of Ealing, London and England in the previous four academic years are presented in the table below, along with an average of those four years and figures for the first quarter of the current academic year.
| 2017-28 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | Average | Q1 (Aug – Oct) 2021-22 |
Ealing, Southall Constituency | 420 | 480 | 380 | 380 | 410 | 140 |
London Borough of Ealing | 1,360 | 1,500 | 1,190 | 1,230 | 1,320 | 450 |
London | 36,830 | 40,750 | 33,890 | 36,930 | 37,100 | 13,070 |
England | 375,760 | 393,380 | 322,530 | 321,440 | 353,280 | 130,240 |
Please note:
Further information on apprenticeship starts can be found in the Apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication:https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.