Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been offered at Level 2 and above to those aged over 24 in the West Midlands in the last 12 months.
All apprenticeships are at level 2 and above.
Data for the provisional, full academic year, 2016/17, shows there were 28,410 apprenticeship starts for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.
Data for the latest final, full academic year, 2015/16, shows there were 27,220 apprenticeship starts for those aged 25 and above in the West Midlands region.
All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.