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(asked on 10th February 2015) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what information his Department holds on the number of people (a) qualified and (b) qualified at level 3 as hairdressers and barbers.


Answered by
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Nick Boles
This question was answered on 23rd February 2015

Information on the total number of people in the population with a Hairdressing or Barbering qualification is not held centrally. The Department only holds data on government-funded learners.

Table 1 shows the number of non-apprenticeship learners who achieved a Hairdressing or Barbering qualification in the 2013/14 academic year, and at what level.

Table 2 shows the number of learners who achieved an apprenticeship in Hairdressing or Barbering in the 2013/14 academic year, and at what level.


Table 1. Adult (19+) FE & Skills (excluding Apprenticeships) Achievements by Level; Hairdressing and Barbering (2013/14 Full Year)

Achievements

All FE and Skills (excluding apprenticeships)

33,680

of which:

Below Level 2

8,850

Level 2

17,810

Level 3

7,650

Level 4+

60

Notes

1) This table includes Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Education and Training provision (including the Offender Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges, Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.

Table 2. All Age Learner Achievements in the Hairdressing and Barbering Apprenticeship Frameworks, by Level (2013/14 Full Year)

Intermediate (Level 2)

Advanced (Level 3)

Higher (Level 4+)

Total Achievements

Barbering

1,370

350

-

1,710

Hairdressing

6,130

3,450

-

9,570

Notes

1) Figures represent the number of learners who have achieved an apprenticeship framework, as opposed to the number of framework achievements, in the 2013/14 academic year. Total achievements will therefore differ from those published for frameworks. Framework achievements are published here https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378242/apprenticeships-achievements-by-sase-framework.xls

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