Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 September 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many apprentices (a) started and (b) completed their apprenticeships in the years commencing 1st May (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2002. - Inc table.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many apprentices (a) started and (b) completed their apprenticeships in the years commencing 1 May (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 2002. [74329] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The number of Advanced Modern Apprenticeships (AMA) and Foundation Modern Apprenticeships (FMA) started by young people (aged 15 to 24) are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. FMA AMA (i) 29 April 1996-4 May 1997 0 56,900 (ii) 5 May 1997-4 May 1998 1,400 68,300 (iii) 29 April 2002-23 June 2002 4,400 12,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures exclude transfers between AMA, FMA and other work- based learning. (b) Information on completion of AMA and FMA frameworks is not available.

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