Apprentices: Hearing Impaired

(asked on 13th July 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many deaf young people aged 16 to 24 achieved (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher apprenticeships in 2014-15; and what their destinations were following apprenticeship completion.


Answered by
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 28th July 2016

Information on apprenticeship achievements is published as part of a Statistical First Release, which is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held

Table 1 shows apprenticeship achievements by 16-24 year olds with hearing impairments in 2014/15, by level.

Table 1: Apprenticeship Achievements by 16-24 year old learners with hearing impairments

Level

2014/15

Intermediate Level Apprenticeships

250

Advanced Level Apprenticeships

130

Higher Apprenticeships

-

All Apprenticeships

380

Notes:

1) Data source is the Individualised Learner Record.

2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten. "-" indicates a base value of less than 5.

3) Learners with hearing impairments figures are based upon self-declaration by the learner, where the provider has indicated that they have a disability, learning difficulty or health problem.

Information on the destinations of learners to this level of detail is not centrally collected.

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