Apprentices: Older People

(asked on 12th October 2017) - View Source
Questioner
David Hanson Portrait
David Hanson
(Labour - Delyn)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) men and (b) women over 60-years of age have (i) started and (ii) completed an apprenticeship in each of the last seven years.

Answered by
Anne Milton Portrait
Anne Milton
This question was answered on 19th October 2017

The tables below show the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements of those aged over 60-years of age in the last six academic years:

i) Apprenticeship Starts for those aged over 60 years by Gender

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

Provisional 2016/17

Female over 60

1,130

980

740

1,090

1,160

1,320

Male over 60

1,510

1,280

960

1,330

1,330

1,330

ii) Apprenticeship Achievements for those aged over 60 years by Gender

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

Provisional 2016/17

Female over 60

520

460

360

330

420

460

Male over 60

590

720

460

510

590

560

Note: The Starts and Achievements statistics should not be used to measure percentage progress within a year. They are independent performance metrics. Typically, apprenticeships can take two years to complete.

Data on apprenticeship starts and achievements by age band, and by gender are available in the apprenticeship demographic tools:

Starts: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624584/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-starts-v1.xlsx.

Achievements: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/624824/apprenticeships-demographics-data-tool-achievements-v1.xlsx.


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