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Written question asked by Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2020, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 November 2020. It was answered by Baroness Berridge (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 November 2020 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Apprentices: Wind Power

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeships relating to wind technology they have funded in (1) 2016, (2) 2017, (3) 2018, (4) 2019, and (5) 2020 to date.

Answer

The department has published information on apprenticeship starts by broad industry sector between the 2012/13 and 2018/19 academic years. Data for the 2019/20 academic year will be published in February 2021.

Apprenticeship starts relating to wind technology, oil and gas and solar technology are not published separately. However, wind and solar technology are most likely to be included in sector D: Energy Utilities and oil and gas within apprenticeship starts in sector B: Mining, C: Manufacturing or D: Energy Utilities, depending on whether the focus is on the extraction or manufacturing of oil and gas. The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts by broad industry sector since the 2016/17 academic year.

Number of apprenticeship starts by industry sector, 2016/17 - 2018/19.

Academic year
2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
Total matched apprenticeship starts
Sector
A - Agriculture 2,510 2,190 1,510 1,490
B - Mining 170 180 260 220
C - Manufacturing 36,820 36,170 26,160 26,850
D - Energy utilities 2,540 1,620 1,170 1,420
E - Water utilities 1,740 1,760 1,620 1,650
F - Construction 31,710 31,610 27,390 27,180
G - Wholesale and retail trade 47,790 44,420 37,920 40,770
H - Transportation 12,170 11,950 9,080 11,140
I - Accommodation/catering 32,490 27,050 18,290 18,580
J - Information/communication 8,900 9,410 10,450 12,000
K - Financial services 16,150 14,660 11,870 13,700
L - Real estate 7,840 7,980 5,780 5,970
M - Professional/scientific 22,460 21,130 21,710 22,970
N - Administrative services 29,600 30,180 22,670 21,630
O - Public administration 21,500 22,800 24,760 27,830
P - Education 33,370 33,780 28,000 30,230
Q - Health/social work 117,410 121,680 75,450 81,290
R - Arts/entertainment 11,440 12,030 8,010 8,030
S - Other service activities 19,670 18,690 13,100 11,900
T - Household activities 130 150 70 40
U - Extraterritorial activities c c c c
Unknown 620 390 1,600 1,300

Source: DfE Apprenticeship starts by industry characteristics 2018/19 official statistics publication.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL10262
Session
2019-21
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Apprentices Finance Wind power
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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