Apprentices
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices have been funded by the Government in each of the last seven years.
Government-funded apprenticeship participation from the 2015/16 academic onwards is shown in the table below:
Academic Year | Learner Participation |
2015/16 - Full Year | 899,390 |
2016/17 - Full Year | 908,660 |
2017/18 - Full Year | 814,790 |
2018/19 - Full Year | 742,390 |
2019/20 - Full Year | 718,950 |
2020/21 - Full Year | 712,990 |
2021/22 – August 2021 to April 2022, reported to date | 692,920 |
1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
2) Participation is a count of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one apprenticeship in a year will only be counted once.
Further information on apprenticeship participation can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication. This can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.