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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) on Monday, 9 November 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 November 2020. It was answered by Baroness Berridge (Conservative) on Friday, 20 November 2020 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Apprentices

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of apprenticeship starts in each month of 2020.

Answer

The number of apprenticeship starts from January to July 2020, reported to date, are shown in the table below:

Month

Apprenticeship starts (reported to date)

Jan-20

32,200

Feb-20

25,800

Mar-20

22,000

Apr-20

10,600

May-20

10,100

Jun-20

13,000

Jul-20

17,900

Notes

(1) Data source is the Individualised Learner Record (ILR).

(2) Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.

(3) Learners starting more than one apprenticeship will appear more than once.

(4) Apprenticeship starts include all funded and unfunded learners as reported on the ILR.

Finalised figures covering January to July 2020 are due to be published in our next ‘Apprenticeships and traineeships’ statistics publication, later this month. The exact publication date will be announced on GOV.UK soon. The first available data for the 2020/21 academic year (covering August to October 2020) will not be published until January 2021.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL10141
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Apprentices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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