Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 in England.

Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for 16, 17 and 18 year olds in 2012/13 and provisional full year apprenticeship starts for the same ages in 2013/14. Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.

Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by age (2012/13 and 2013/14 provisional full year)

Notes

1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.

3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.