Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of total apprenticeship starts in Coventry begun by women in each of the last five years.
Table 1 shows apprenticeship starts in Coventry Local Education Authority by gender and academic year.
Table 1: Apprenticeship starts in Coventry Local Education Authority by Gender, 2009/10 to 2013/14
Year | Female | % Female | Male | % Male | Total |
2009/10 | 1,010 | 56% | 810 | 44% | 1,820 |
2010/11 | 1,690 | 56% | 1,460 | 46% | 3,150 |
2011/12 | 1,940 | 56% | 1,860 | 49% | 3,800 |
2012/13 | 2,020 | 56% | 1,640 | 45% | 3,650 |
2013/14 | 1,560 | 56% | 1,390 | 47% | 2,940 |
Notes:
1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest ten.
2) Local Education Authority is based upon the home postcode of the learner.
3) These figures are based on the geographic boundaries of regions as of May 2010.