Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many skills bootcamp starts there were in (a) the East Midlands, (b) the East of England, (c) London, (d) the North East, (e) the North West, (f) the South East, (g) the South West, (h) the West Midlands and (i) Yorkshire and the Humber between 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.

On 9 November 2023, the Department published the number of Skills Bootcamps starts for the 2022/23 financial year, based on data returned by Skills Bootcamps providers. This data is available at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/skills-bootcamps-starts/2022-23#releaseHeadlines-summary.

This data release only covers the number of Skills Bootcamps starts. Further breakdowns by course subject, age and region will be provided in the evaluation report, which will be published next year. A further release will be published later next year covering completions and outcomes data for this cohort.