Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many achievements were recorded for care leavers aged under 25 for (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships in the academic years (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
Information on apprenticeship starts and achievements for care leavers is not available. The Individualised Learner Record is used to collect apprenticeship learning but does not collect information to identify learners who are in care.
Information on apprenticeship starts and achievements can be found in the further education and skills statistical first release:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/further-education-and-skills-october-2017.