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Apprentices

Answer

Table 1 shows the number of young people starting apprenticeships in the ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communication Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14.

This information is not available as proportions of the population of each age group.

Table 1: Number of Apprenticeship starts by 16,17, 18 and 19-24 year-olds in the Engineering and Manufacturing Techologies, Information and Communication Technology and Science and Mathematics Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14
Sector Subject Area	Age	2012/13	2013/14
Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies	16	6,980	6,850
	17	7,570	8,470
	18	10,220	10,800
	19-24	20,950	22,530
Information and Communication Technology	16	940	720
	17	1,500	1,480
	18	2,490	2,830
	19-24	4,810	5,340
Science and Mathematics	16	10	30
	17	30	50
	18	90	110
	19-24	120	130
Total	16	7,900	7,600
	17	9,100	10,000
	18	12,800	13,700
	19-24	25,900	28,000
Notes:
1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.
2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10, with the exception of totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.
3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of Apprenticeship.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL1718

Session

2015-16

Subjects

Apprentices Engineering Manufacturing industries Technology Science

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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