Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprentices completed their endpoint assessment (a) on the date of, (b) one to three months after, (c) three to six months after and (d) more than six months after completing their apprenticeship in each academic year since 2016-17.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The attached table shows achievers, rounded to the nearest 100, on apprenticeship standards in each academic year since 2019/20. Data is unavailable for the preceding years as the achievement date was not collected as part of the department’s individual learner records prior to the 2019/20 academic year.
To note, achievements totals may not match published standards achievements totals as the attached table does not include those where an invalid achievement date was entered.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship spaces were available in each academic year since 2016-17.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into nearly 700 occupations from entry level to expert roles. The table below shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised and the number of apprenticeship applications that were submitted through the ‘Find An Apprenticeship’ (FAA) service in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2022/23. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2016/17 and 2020/21.
Academic year | Vacancies advertised | Applications submitted |
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2016/17 | 185,160 | N/A |
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2017/18 | 173,520 | N/A |
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2018/19 | 151,720 | 7,950 |
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2019/20 | 98,530 | 16,990 |
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2020/21 | 134,460 | 360,100 |
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2021/22 | 189,430 | 681,090 |
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2022/23 | 148,720 | 669,450 |
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Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies or local job centre instead of, or in addition to, the FAA service. As a result, the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.
Apprenticeship vacancies can now be browsed on the University and Colleges Admissions Service website and later this year they will also be able to use the service to apply for apprenticeships. In January 2024, the department also launched the ‘It all starts with skills’ campaign which is encouraging people to find out more about the different apprenticeship and wider skills programmes available.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people applied for an apprenticeship in each academic year since 2016-17.
Answered by Robert Halfon
Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into nearly 700 occupations from entry level to expert roles. The table below shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised and the number of apprenticeship applications that were submitted through the ‘Find An Apprenticeship’ (FAA) service in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2022/23. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2016/17 and 2020/21.
Academic year | Vacancies advertised | Applications submitted |
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2016/17 | 185,160 | N/A |
|
2017/18 | 173,520 | N/A |
|
2018/19 | 151,720 | 7,950 |
|
2019/20 | 98,530 | 16,990 |
|
2020/21 | 134,460 | 360,100 |
|
2021/22 | 189,430 | 681,090 |
|
2022/23 | 148,720 | 669,450 |
|
Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies or local job centre instead of, or in addition to, the FAA service. As a result, the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.
Apprenticeship vacancies can now be browsed on the University and Colleges Admissions Service website and later this year they will also be able to use the service to apply for apprenticeships. In January 2024, the department also launched the ‘It all starts with skills’ campaign which is encouraging people to find out more about the different apprenticeship and wider skills programmes available.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in full-time education have completed a work experience placement of (a) five days and (b) more than five days in each academic year since 2010-11.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The careers statutory guidance makes it clear that schools and colleges should offer every young person at least one experience of a workplace by age 16 and a further experience by age 18. This captures a range of activities such as job shadowing, workplace visits and volunteering. This guidance is accessible at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools.
Data on experiences of the workplace is captured by the Careers and Enterprise Company and their latest findings are available at: https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/our-evidence/evidence-and-reports/insight-briefing-gatsby-benchmark-results-2022-2023/. This data is based on a national dataset of 4,534 state-funded secondary schools and colleges. In the 2022/2023 academic year, 68% of schools reported that the majority of students had some experience of the workplace by the end of year 11, and over 77% of schools reported that their students had experience of workplaces in year 12 or year 13.
At post-16, pupils have access to work placement opportunities through the T level programme. T levels are designed to equip students for skilled employment, whilst also providing a high-quality route to further study, including apprenticeships, higher technical education and degree level study. The programme includes a T level industry placement where students spend a minimum of 315 hours working with external employer(s), which equates to approximately 45 days. Since T levels were first introduced in 2020, 94% of the 2020 cohort and 94.9% of the 2021 cohort have completed their industry placement. This is a total of 4250 students who have successfully completed their industry placements.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 12581 on Apprentices, when her Department plans to publish the National Achievement Rate Tables for the 2022-23 academic year.
Answered by Robert Halfon
I refer the honourable member to the answer of 20 October 2023 to Question 199983.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprentices completed their endpoint assessment (a) on the date of, (b) one to three months after, (c) three to six months after and (d) more than six months after completing their apprenticeship in the 2021-22 academic year.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The below table shows achievers (rounded to the nearest 100) on apprenticeship standards in the 2021/22 academic year.
Months from last learning to end of EPA | Achievements | Proportion of total (%) |
EPA within a month of last learning | 12,000 | 10.5% |
EPA 1-3 months after last learning | 76,300 | 66.3% |
EPA 3-6 months after last learning | 18,200 | 15.8% |
EPA more than 6 months after last learning | 8,600 | 7.5% |
Total | 115,100 | 100% |
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11344 on Apprentices, for what reasons were there no apprenticeship starts in the two lowest funding bands in the 2022-23 academic year.
Answered by Robert Halfon
There are no apprenticeship standards that have funding bands of £1,500 and £2,000.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10141 on Apprenticeships, whether her Department holds this data for any academic year since 2010/11.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department does not hold information on the number of apprentices starting during the 2010/11 academic year onwards that do not go on to subsequently complete their apprenticeship. Data is published on apprentices who were due to achieve (successfully complete) their apprenticeship in a particular academic year, regardless of the year they started.
The following links provide achievement rates for which we have data published going back to 2012/13:
National Achievement Rate Tables 2012/13 to 2018/19: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables.
National Achievement Rate Tables 2019/20 to 2020/21: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12.
National Achievement Rate Tables 2021/22: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship courses were not completed in each academic year since 2016-17.
Answered by Robert Halfon
The department does not hold information on the number of apprentices starting during the 2010/11 academic year onwards that do not go on to subsequently complete their apprenticeship. Data is published on apprentices who were due to achieve (successfully complete) their apprenticeship in a particular academic year, regardless of the year they started.
The following links provide achievement rates for which we have data published going back to 2012/13:
National Achievement Rate Tables 2012/13 to 2018/19: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables.
National Achievement Rate Tables 2019/20 to 2020/21: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12.
National Achievement Rate Tables 2021/22: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many members of staff of the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education are working on (a) apprenticeships, (b) T Levels, (c) Higher Technical Qualifications, (d) Level 3 and below qualifications and (e) occupational maps.
Answered by Robert Halfon
This is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked its Chief Executive, Jennifer Coupland, to write to the hon. Member for Feltham and Heston, and a copy of this reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.