Written question asked by Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench) on Monday, 20 April 2026, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 May 2026. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 April 2026 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.

Apprentices

Question: To ask His Majesty's Government how many private sector publicly funded providers of apprenticeship training had learner apprentices enrolled in (1) 2022–23, (2) 2023–24, and (3) 2024–25; how many of providers of that type who had participating learners in 2018–19 had participating learners in 2024–25; and how many providers of that type who had participating apprentice learners in 2021–22 did so in 2024–25.

Answer

The number of private sector publicly funded providers for 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 was:

The number of private sector publicly funded providers with learners participating in both 2018/19 and 2024/25 was 540.

The number of private sector publicly funded providers with learners participating in both 2021/22 and 2024/25 was 762.

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