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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Sheerman: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern apprenticeships were (a) commenced and (b) completed in each year since the scheme's inauguration; what percentage of modern apprenticeships are not completed; and what the annual cost has been of the modern apprenticeship scheme. [60773] Mr. Ivan Lewis: (a) Information on starts and qualification success rates is published in a statistical first release (SFR 03/2002 `TEC/LSC Delivered Government Supported Work-Based Learning--England: Volumes and Outcomes'), which is available in the Library of the House. Modern apprenticeships _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Qualification success rates of leavers Financial year MA starts (000s) Percentage who achieve level 2 Percentage who achieve level 3 or above on FMA or above on AMA 1995-96 25.8 -- 9 1996-97 70.3 -- 22 1997-98 84.2 -- 27 1998-99 119.1 -- 36 1999-2000 170.7 36 48 2000-01 188.3 45 49 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: SFR 03/2002, tables 1 and 3. (b) Information on completion of modern apprenticeship frameworks is not available. Accurate figures for annual expenditure on MAs are not available but the total MA spend since 1997 is estimated to have been well in excess of £1 billion.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

60773; 387 c15W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Costs Apprentices Qualifications Training Take-up Modern apprenticeships

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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