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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Thursday, 11 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Ivan Lewis (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004 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 Modern Apprenticeships have been (a) started and (b) finished since their inception, broken down by trade. - Including table and figures and fact that it is not possible to break these figures down by trade. (Holding answer 16 November 2004).
Answer

Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Modern Apprenticeships have been (a) started and (b) finished since their inception, broken down by trade. [198856] Mr. Ivan Lewis :[holding answer 16 November 2004]:The total numbers of government supported Apprenticeships to have been (a) started and (b) finished, up until the end of July 2003 are shown in the table. Thousand _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Starts1 Leavers2 Advanced Apprenticeship 477.6 477.6 Apprenticeships (at level 2) 446.6 446.6 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Excludes transfers between programmes. 2 Includes those who completed the Apprenticeship framework, those who achieved the NVQ component, but did not complete the framework and those who left early without achieving the NVQ. Sources: DfES Statistical First Release (SFR) "Government-Supported, Work-based Learning for Young People in England: 2001/02" Reference: SFR27/2002 LSC SFR "Further Education and Work Based Learning for Young People--Learner Numbers in England: 2002/03" Reference: ILR/SFR02 LSC SFR "Further Education and Work Based Learning for Young People--Learner Outcomes in England: 2002/03" Reference: ILR/SFR04 Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) management information Because of learners transferring between programmes, it is not possible to estimate the number in learning from the starts and leavers figures given in the table. It is not possible to break these figures down by trade. However, the more recent data are broken down by sector framework and published on the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Apprenticeship Frameworks website: http://maframeworks.lsc.qov.uk/.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
198856; 426 c2141-2W;426 c2147-8W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
Apprentices Trade Modern apprenticeships
Link
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