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Apprentices

Answer

​​Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into over 680 occupations, from entry level to expert roles.

​The below table shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies advertised on the Find An Apprenticeship (FAA) service in each of the last five academic years.

​Academic year	​Vacancies posted	​	​
​2018/19	​151,720	​	​
​2019/20	​98,530	​	​
​2020/21	​134,460	​	​
​2021/22	​189,430	​	​
​2022/23	​165,760	​	​

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​669,450 applications were submitted through FAA in the 2022/23 academic year, and 681,090 applications were submitted in 2021/22. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2018/19 and 2020/21.

​Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies, or local job centre, instead of, or in addition to FAA. As a result the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.

​The department is encouraged to see consistent and strong demand for apprenticeships, and are committed to supporting more employers and individuals to benefit from the high-quality training that apprenticeships offer.

​Flexible training models have been created, like flexi-job and accelerated apprenticeships, to make apprenticeships accessible for all sectors, and have developed career starter standards to attract more young people to apprenticeships.

​The department is also providing an additional £40 million over the next two years to support degree apprenticeship providers to expand and help more people access this provision, on top of our £8 million investment in 2022/23.​

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

199701

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Apprentices

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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