Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship placements are currently available in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.

Apprenticeships provide people with the opportunity to earn and learn the skills needed to start an exciting career in a wide range of industries with over 640 high-quality standards to choose from in roles such as Baker, Veterinary Nurse and Nuclear Desk Engineer.

As apprenticeships are jobs, employers choose which apprenticeships they offer and where and when they offer them.

The Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service on: https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship allows individuals to register for apprenticeship vacancy alerts, search and apply for vacancies, and receive feedback from employers. Around 2.8 million people have registered to use this service, and we are working with employers so they advertise more apprenticeships in this way.

The department publishes data on apprenticeship adverts and vacancies on the FAA service details of which can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2020-21. In November 2021, there were over 19,500 apprenticeship vacancies advertised across England on FAA. There are currently 149 apprenticeship vacancies being advertised through FAA in York, and 30 in the York Central constituency.

Employers may choose to advertise through their own recruitment platforms or other job sites, therefore, the number of vacancies available on FAA does not provide a true measure of the available apprenticeship vacancies.