Apprentices: Taxation
(asked on 5th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2023 to Question 190584 on Apprentices: Taxation, how many students were studying at Level (a) 3 and (b) 4 and above in each of the last five years.
The data showing apprenticeship participation for the last five academic years is shown in the table below.
| 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Advanced apprenticeship (level 3) | 372,430 | 356,150 | 338,680 | 326,380 | 330,410 |
Higher apprenticeship (level 4 and above) | 84,240 | 123,950 | 165,510 | 207,860 | 238,820 |
Notes:
(1) 2017/18 to 2021/22 figures cover full academic years volumes.
(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.
(3) Participation is the count of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will appear only once in the grand total.
(4) Participation at intermediate, advanced, and higher levels is a count of learners that participated at those levels at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one course will only appear once at each level but can appear in the count at more than one level.
Further apprenticeship statistics can be found in the ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships statistics’ publication, available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.