Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2015 to Question 6273, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people who complete apprenticeship programmes receive a full-time job soon after completion of their apprenticeship.

Apprentices must be employed during their apprenticeship, which must last at least a year. After investing in an apprentice and seeing them develop, most employers keep employing the individual when their apprenticeship is complete. We know that around 90% of apprentices are employed on completion of their apprenticeship with 71% being retained by the same employer.

(Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/apprenticeships-evaluation-learner-survey-2014)

Our reforms are driving up the quality of apprenticeships to ensure that they fully meet employers’ needs; that apprentices are fully competent in their occupation at the end of their training and have the transferable skills needed to progress their career. This will make apprentices in future an even more attractive prospect for further employment.