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To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect of immigration on the availability of training opportunities and apprenticeships to British workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect of immigration on the availability of training opportunities and apprenticeships to British workers.
Asked by
Damian Green
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 April 2008
For answer on
21 April 2008
Answered on
8 May 2008
The Government are committed to up-skilling British workers to provide them with the skills required in a competitive labour market. Migrant workers from outside the European Union, not ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years, are not eligible to Government funded training places such as apprenticeships. Apprenticeship starts have increased from 65,000 in 1996/97 to 180,000 in 2006/07. They are projected to grow to almost 210,000 by 2010/11. By 2013, we will ensure that an apprenticeship is available to all qualified young people. Train to Gain has engaged over 77,000 employers with more then 363,000 workers starting learning programmes. We have ambitious plans to expand Train to Gain with increased funding from around £520 million this year to over £1 billion in 2010.
Subjects
Apprentices; Immigration; Migrants
Date
8 May 2008
Reference
475 c1112W; 199853
House
House of Commons
Our plans to expand and improve apprenticeships in England are set out in ““World-class Apprenticeships””. We will ensure that the foundation learning tier is available to young people for whom a programme below level 2 is appropriate. We will introduce new diplomas offering a mix of practical and theoretical learning for 14 to 19-year-olds from September 2008. We are also improving the provision of high-quality, impartial careers information, advice and guidance to young people and adults.
Our plans to expand and improve apprenticeships in England are set out in ““World-class Apprenticeships””. We will ensure that the foundation learning tier is available to young people for whom a programme below level 2 is appropriate. We will introduce new diplomas offering a mix of practical and theoretical learning for 14 to 19-year-olds from September 2008. We are also improving the provision of high-quality, impartial careers information, advice and guidance to young people and adults.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Apprentices; Training; Vocational guidance; Young people
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c317-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Over the past decade, we have more than doubled the number of people starting apprenticeships overall, from 65,000 in 1996-97 to an estimated 180,000 in 2006-07. The number of people starting an advanced apprenticeship in 2006-07, the last full year for which figures are available, was 57,000 at level 3—5,000 more than the previous year.
Over the past decade, we have more than doubled the number of people starting apprenticeships overall, from 65,000 in 1996-97 to an estimated 180,000 in 2006-07. The number of people starting an advanced apprenticeship in 2006-07, the last full year for which figures are available, was 57,000 at level 3—5,000 more than the previous year.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
Tony Baldry
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
What recent estimate he has made of the number of people taking level 3 advanced apprenticeships.
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c310
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The numbers of young people studying at level 3 are most certainly not falling, and I have to say that the figures speak for themselves. Eleven years ago there were 65,000 apprentices; today there are 180,000. Yes, we need to do more to engage employers, which is why we set up the apprenticeship review, and I urge the hon. Gentleman to work with us in engaging with employers on that. However, 11 years ago there was not much of a debate about how much apprenticeships had expanded, because they had been allowed to die, as the Conservative party did not care how many people started or completed an apprenticeship, and there was absolutely no focus on quality.
The numbers of young people studying at level 3 are most certainly not falling, and I have to say that the figures speak for themselves. Eleven years ago there were 65,000 apprentices; today there are 180,000. Yes, we need to do more to engage employers, which is why we set up the apprenticeship review, and I urge the hon. Gentleman to work with us in engaging with employers on that. However, 11 years ago there was not much of a debate about how much apprenticeships had expanded, because they had been allowed to die, as the Conservative party did not care how many people started or completed an apprenticeship, and there was absolutely no focus on quality.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
Tony Baldry
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
Is not the reality that the UK is training fewer people at level 3 than we were 10 years ago and that the number of apprentices in training is actually falling? Do we not need a system of apprenticeships that is much more responsive to the needs of employers and does much more to engage employers in wanting to take on apprentices?
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c310
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I thank my hon. Friend for that question; I know that she takes a real interest in these issues. If we look at completion rates, we see that in 2001-02 the rate was 39,000, and in 2006-07 it was 103,000. We have gone from a 25 per cent. completion rate to a 63 per cent. one. We can remember the days when we were way behind Germany, which was seen as an exemplar in this area, but our completion rates are now almost at the German level. I am not complacent, but I think that we have a lot to be thankful for in terms of the investment that we have put in and the gains that we have made in the last 11 years.
I thank my hon. Friend for that question; I know that she takes a real interest in these issues. If we look at completion rates, we see that in 2001-02 the rate was 39,000, and in 2006-07 it was 103,000. We have gone from a 25 per cent. completion rate to a 63 per cent. one. We can remember the days when we were way behind Germany, which was seen as an exemplar in this area, but our completion rates are now almost at the German level. I am not complacent, but I think that we have a lot to be thankful for in terms of the investment that we have put in and the gains that we have made in the last 11 years.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
Ann Coffey
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
Approximately 38 per cent. of all young apprentices in Stockport are in advanced apprenticeship programmes, which is a good number. Does the Minister agree, however, that it is also important to ensure that those apprentices complete their programmes, and has he made any recent assessment of completion rates?
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c310-1
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I can tell the hon. Gentleman that already, under the existing Learning and Skills Council, there has been a significant reduction in bureaucracy, which has gone directly to support front-line provision. On his question about apprenticeships at level 3, we need to focus on completion rates. In 2002-03, there were 18,400 completions, while in 2006-07, there were 30,800. Those people have gone through the system, been given skills and are now supported. With regard to his comments on the new arrangements that we set out last week, in my experience, college principals—I have met many of them—broadly welcome the approach that we are setting out—[Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman needs to get out and about more often if he is not getting that message. There are already two separate commissioning processes pre-19 and post-19, and we are bringing those together. I believe that the system can work, and I urge him to talk directly to college principals to find out their real views.
I can tell the hon. Gentleman that already, under the existing Learning and Skills Council, there has been a significant reduction in bureaucracy, which has gone directly to support front-line provision. On his question about apprenticeships at level 3, we need to focus on completion rates. In 2002-03, there were 18,400 completions, while in 2006-07, there were 30,800. Those people have gone through the system, been given skills and are now supported. With regard to his comments on the new arrangements that we set out last week, in my experience, college principals—I have met many of them—broadly welcome the approach that we are setting out—[Interruption.] The hon. Gentleman needs to get out and about more often if he is not getting that message. There are already two separate commissioning processes pre-19 and post-19, and we are bringing those together. I believe that the system can work, and I urge him to talk directly to college principals to find out their real views.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
John Hayes
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
If we want to reduce the decline in the number of level 3 apprenticeships that my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) mentioned, we need greater clarity in their delivery. Last week, in a written statement, which we had no opportunity to debate in this House, it was announced that the Learning and Skills Council is going, to be replaced by a bewildering array of new quangos. There will be a new skills funding agency with responsibility for a new national apprenticeship scheme, but local authorities will also be responsible for delivering apprenticeships in their areas, and accountable to a new young people's learning agency. Further education colleges will have to deal with all of them. It is like the government of Byzantium. Doubtless, the Minister will want to tell us what economies he expects to make, so will he tell us how many bureaucrats will go, and how much taxpayer's money will be saved as a result of the changes?
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c311
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Whether we are talking about apprenticeships, in which starts and completions are significantly up compared to 10 years ago, or whether we are talking about the proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds who are in the NEET—not in education, employment or training—category, which has fallen from 19.4 to 18 per cent., I am the first to admit that we need to do more, but I will not take lectures from the Conservative party on those issues, where we have made huge progress. We need to be focusing on apprenticeships and developing the diplomas. If we can do both those things successfully, we can achieve our ambition of raising the statutory education and training leaving age to 18.
There has been one area of deafening silence in recent months—
Whether we are talking about apprenticeships, in which starts and completions are significantly up compared to 10 years ago, or whether we are talking about the proportion of 18 to 24-year-olds who are in the NEET—not in education, employment or training—category, which has fallen from 19.4 to 18 per cent., I am the first to admit that we need to do more, but I will not take lectures from the Conservative party on those issues, where we have made huge progress. We need to be focusing on apprenticeships and developing the diplomas. If we can do both those things successfully, we can achieve our ambition of raising the statutory education and training leaving age to 18.
There has been one area of deafening silence in recent months—
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
Lord Harper
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
I am grateful to the Minister for that reply. I listened carefully to his reply and to answers to previous questions, so I am rather confused about why the number of young people between 16 and 24 who are not in full-time education or employment is now 1.24 million. That is 15 per cent. higher than in 1997, which does not seem to be a tremendous record of success.
Subjects
Apprentices; Training; Vocational guidance; Young people
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c318
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What recent estimate he has made of the number of people taking level 3 advanced apprenticeships.
What recent estimate he has made of the number of people taking level 3 advanced apprenticeships.
Asked by
Tony Baldry
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 March 2008
For answer on
27 March 2008
Answered on
27 March 2008
Over the past decade, we have more than doubled the number of people starting apprenticeships overall, from 65,000 in 1996-97 to an estimated 180,000 in 2006-07. The number of people starting an advanced apprenticeship in 2006-07, the last full year for which figures are available, was 57,000 at level 3—5,000 more than the previous year.
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c310; 196481
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What steps he is taking to improve training opportunities for 16 to 24-year-olds.
What steps he is taking to improve training opportunities for 16 to 24-year-olds.
Asked by
Lord Harper
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 March 2008
For answer on
27 March 2008
Answered on
27 March 2008
Our plans to expand and improve apprenticeships in England are set out in ““World-class Apprenticeships””. We will ensure that the foundation learning tier is available to young people for whom a programme below level 2 is appropriate. We will introduce new diplomas offering a mix of practical and theoretical learning for 14 to 19-year-olds from September 2008. We are also improving the provision of high-quality, impartial careers information, advice and guidance to young people and adults.
Subjects
Apprentices; Training; Vocational guidance; Young people
Date
27 March 2008
Reference
474 c317-8; 196489
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps his Department has taken in Staffordshire and the West Midlands to increase the number of apprenticeships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps his Department has taken in Staffordshire and the West Midlands to increase the number of apprenticeships.
Asked by
Brian Jenkins
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 March 2008
For answer on
11 March 2008
Answered on
26 March 2008
West Midlands Learning and Skills Council works with employers across the region to increase the number of people starting and completing Apprenticeships. It plans to increase Apprenticeships by around 4 per cent. in 2008/09. Projections are for 12,550 Apprenticeship starts with 8,415 completions and a further 5,620 Advanced Apprenticeship starts with 3,385 completions in 2008/09. The overall completion rate will be 65 per cent. which represents a rise of 3 per cent. on the projected 2007/08 level.The increase in Apprenticeships in the West Midlands will be achieved by re-directing funding to high performing providers, introducing the Apprenticeship matching service, developing closer employer engagement, removing support for poorly performing provision and introducing new opportunities for young people to prepare to undertake an Apprenticeship.
Subjects
Apprentices; West Midlands
Date
26 March 2008
Reference
474 c293-4W; 193607
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he is taking to increase the provision of technical and vocational training and education in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he is taking to increase the provision of technical and vocational training and education in Peterborough; and if he will make a statement.
Asked by
Lord Jackson of Peterborough
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 January 2008
For answer on
17 January 2008
Answered on
26 March 2008
The Learning and Skills Council for Cambridgeshire have undertaken a review of their provision of technical and vocational training and education. As a result they have increased their apprenticeship contracted in-learning volume by 10 per cent. in 2007/08 and introduced apprenticeships for people aged 25 years plus. The LSC is already planning further increases in provision for 2008/09 based on the needs identified in their review. The Government have laid out its plans for improving the quality of technical and vocational education training for both young people and adults in apprenticeships in ““World-class Apprenticeships: Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All””.To support this challenging agenda the Government are increasing apprenticeship funding by a quarter to £1 billion by 2010/11.
Subjects
Apprentices; Peterborough
Date
26 March 2008
Reference
474 c305W; 179270
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many adult apprenticeships have been completed since the programme was introduced;
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many adult apprenticeships have been completed since the programme was introduced;
Asked by
Gordon Banks
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 February 2008
For answer on
29 February 2008
Answered on
13 March 2008
[holding answer 3 March 2008]:I have been asked to reply.The total number of apprenticeship frameworks achieved in England since 2001-02—the year that information was first collected on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record—is 410,000. Data on the breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity and disability for the last three years is shown in the following table, but information for the other years is not readily available.
| Apprenticeship frameworks achieved 2004-05 to 2006-07 | |
| Total | 277,500 |
| Adult learners (aged 19+) | 112,800 |
| Male | 148,900 |
| Female | 128,700 |
| Black or minority ethnic | 11,600 |
| White | 262,600 |
| Learner has a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 24,900 |
| Learner does not have a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 249,200 |
| Source: | |
| Learning and Skills Council |
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
191367; 473 c613W;473 c610-1W
House
House of Commons
(4) how many disabled people have completed apprenticeships since 1997.
(4) how many disabled people have completed apprenticeships since 1997.
Asked by
Gordon Banks
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 February 2008
For answer on
3 March 2008
Answered on
13 March 2008
[holding answer 3 March 2008]:I have been asked to reply.The total number of apprenticeship frameworks achieved in England since 2001-02—the year that information was first collected on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record—is 410,000. Data on the breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity and disability for the last three years is shown in the following table, but information for the other years is not readily available.
| Apprenticeship frameworks achieved 2004-05 to 2006-07 | |
| Total | 277,500 |
| Adult learners (aged 19+) | 112,800 |
| Male | 148,900 |
| Female | 128,700 |
| Black or minority ethnic | 11,600 |
| White | 262,600 |
| Learner has a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 24,900 |
| Learner does not have a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 249,200 |
| Source: | |
| Learning and Skills Council |
Subjects
Disability; Apprentices
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
191401; 473 c613W;473 c610-1W
House
House of Commons
(3) how many black and ethnic minority people have completed apprenticeships since 1997;
(3) how many black and ethnic minority people have completed apprenticeships since 1997;
Asked by
Gordon Banks
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 February 2008
For answer on
3 March 2008
Answered on
13 March 2008
[holding answer 3 March 2008]:I have been asked to reply.The total number of apprenticeship frameworks achieved in England since 2001-02—the year that information was first collected on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record—is 410,000. Data on the breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity and disability for the last three years is shown in the following table, but information for the other years is not readily available.
| Apprenticeship frameworks achieved 2004-05 to 2006-07 | |
| Total | 277,500 |
| Adult learners (aged 19+) | 112,800 |
| Male | 148,900 |
| Female | 128,700 |
| Black or minority ethnic | 11,600 |
| White | 262,600 |
| Learner has a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 24,900 |
| Learner does not have a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 249,200 |
| Source: | |
| Learning and Skills Council |
Subjects
Apprentices; Ethnic groups
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
191400; 473 c613W;473 c610-1W
House
House of Commons
(2) how many apprenticeships have been completed by women since 1997;
(2) how many apprenticeships have been completed by women since 1997;
Asked by
Gordon Banks
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 February 2008
For answer on
3 March 2008
Answered on
13 March 2008
[holding answer 3 March 2008]:I have been asked to reply.The total number of apprenticeship frameworks achieved in England since 2001-02—the year that information was first collected on the Learning and Skills Council's Individualised Learner Record—is 410,000. Data on the breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity and disability for the last three years is shown in the following table, but information for the other years is not readily available.
| Apprenticeship frameworks achieved 2004-05 to 2006-07 | |
| Total | 277,500 |
| Adult learners (aged 19+) | 112,800 |
| Male | 148,900 |
| Female | 128,700 |
| Black or minority ethnic | 11,600 |
| White | 262,600 |
| Learner has a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 24,900 |
| Learner does not have a learning difficulty and/or disability and/or health problem | 249,200 |
| Source: | |
| Learning and Skills Council |
Subjects
Apprentices; Women
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
473 c613W;473 c610-1W; 191399
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will commission research to assess the effects on skills and apprenticeships in England of apprenticeships and training policies implemented by the devolved administrations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will commission research to assess the effects on skills and apprenticeships in England of apprenticeships and training policies implemented by the devolved administrations.
Asked by
Gordon Banks
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 March 2008
For answer on
6 March 2008
Answered on
11 March 2008
[holding answer 6 March 2008]: I have been asked to reply.We took account of evidence from other countries in formulating our proposals to expand and improve Apprenticeships in England. Ministers need to consider parallel developments from time-to-time.
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
192267; 473 c253W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of Government-sponsored apprenticeships were completed in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of Government-sponsored apprenticeships were completed in the last year for which figures are available.
Asked by
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2008
For answer on
25 February 2008
Answered on
10 March 2008
The most recent apprenticeship success rate figure available on the Learning and Skills Council website:"http://www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/Data/statistics/success/WBL.htm"(which is updated on a quarterly basis) is 63 per cent. in 2006/07. The percentage of apprentices who complete their full apprenticeship framework has grown dramatically from only 24 per cent. in 2001/02 to 63 per cent. in 2006/07 and is still rising. This shows the ongoing improving status and quality of apprenticeships.
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
10 March 2008
Reference
189087; 473 c108W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps his Department has taken to involve employers on the Tees to establish and deliver plans to increase the number of apprenticeships on (a) Teesside and (b) Stockton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps his Department has taken to involve employers on the Tees to establish and deliver plans to increase the number of apprenticeships on (a) Teesside and (b) Stockton.
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2008
For answer on
25 February 2008
Answered on
7 March 2008
As part of National Apprenticeships Week in February 2008, the Learning and Skills Council worked with partners including employers and the Tees Valley work-based learning provider network to promote the broad range of apprenticeships available. This built on existing work with apprenticeship providers including in Stockton and the Tees Valley to improve quality and completion rates and to offer the apprenticeships employers and young people demand.The Government report ““World-class Apprenticeships: Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for All available at:"http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/world_class_ apprenticeships.pdf"sets out plans to expand the number and range of apprenticeships throughout England. Plans to expand the number of employers delivering apprenticeships include developing more flexible and responsive apprenticeship frameworks, and incentives payments to targeted businesses.Over the past decade, we have more than doubled the number of young people and adults starting apprenticeships in England. Over the period to 2020 we project that apprenticeship starts will increase to over 250,000 per year.
Subjects
Apprentices; Tees Valley
Date
7 March 2008
Reference
189336; 472 c2893W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government plan to take to increase the number of apprenticeship in (a) Teesside and (b) Stockton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government plan to take to increase the number of apprenticeship in (a) Teesside and (b) Stockton.
Asked by
Dari Taylor
(Labour)
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2008
For answer on
25 February 2008
Answered on
7 March 2008
The Tees Valley Learning and Skills Council will build on its existing work with partners including employers, sector skills councils and the Tees Valley work-based learning provider network to increase the number of apprenticeships on offer locally.Government plan to expand the number and range of apprenticeships in England were set out in 'World-class Apprenticeships: Unlocking Talent, Building Skills for AH11 available at:"http://www.dius.gov.uk/publications/world_class_ apprenticeships.pdl"Over the past decade, we have more than doubled the number of young people and adults starting apprenticeships in England. Over the period to 2020 we project that apprenticeship starts will increase to over 250,000 per year.
Subjects
Apprentices; Tees Valley
Date
7 March 2008
Reference
189337; 472 c2893-4W
House
House of Commons
We have raised the proportion of young people completing their apprenticeships from 24 per cent. in 2001-02 to 63 per cent. in 2006-07. That has been achieved while the number of apprenticeships has trebled since 1997, standing now at 250,000. We are on track to achieve within the next few years completion rates similar to those of the best of our competitors in Europe.
We have raised the proportion of young people completing their apprenticeships from 24 per cent. in 2001-02 to 63 per cent. in 2006-07. That has been achieved while the number of apprenticeships has trebled since 1997, standing now at 250,000. We are on track to achieve within the next few years completion rates similar to those of the best of our competitors in Europe.
Answered by
Bill Rammell
(Labour)
Asked by
Andrew Selous
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Type
Oral answers to questions
What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of completed apprenticeships.
Subjects
Apprentices
Date
15 November 2007
Reference
467 c814
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons