Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been started since January 2021 to the latest available date for which data is available.

In January and February 2021, reported to date, there have been 49,550 apprenticeship starts in England. The attached table contains breakdowns of these 49,550 starts by sector subject area and level.

The last publication of apprenticeship starts by region covers August 2020 to January 2021, reported to date, and can be found in the 'Geographical breakdowns' section of the 'Apprenticeships and traineeships' release: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21.

The next update of apprenticeship starts by region will be published in July 2021.