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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mr. McLoughlin: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many young people in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) the East Midlands have entered (i) an advanced modern apprenticeship and (ii) a foundation modern apprenticeship since the schemes' inception. [198363] Mr. Ivan Lewis: The information is not available for West Derbyshire as requested by the hon. Gentleman. However, information is available for old Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) areas and new Learning and Skills Council (LSC) areas. The following table shows the number of starts on Apprenticeships in Derbyshire Learning and Skills Council (LSC) between the 26 March 2001 and the end of July 2004, as well as the number of starts from the inception of the programmes until 25 March 2001 in the three TEC areas that became part of Derbyshire LSC area. The table also shows the number of starts in the East Midlands region in these periods. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Time period TEC/LSC Advanced Apprenticeships Apprenticeships at level 2 (formerly AMA) (formerly FMA) Inception to March 2001 North Derbyshire 2,500 1,300 Southern Derbyshire 5,600 2,000 Stockport and High Peak1 3,800 1,900 East Midlands Region 37,800 19,500 March 2001 to July 2004 Derbyshire LSC 3,000 7,500 East Midlands LSC region 12,600 32,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Some of the Stockport and High Peak TEC area became part of Derbyshire LSC, but some of the old TEC area also became part of Greater Manchester LSC

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

198363; 426 c2120W;426 c2126W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Apprentices East Midlands Young people Derbyshire Modern apprenticeships

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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