Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have undertaken an apprenticeship in the veterinary sector since 2010.

The table below contains apprenticeship starts for the frameworks ‘Nursing Assistants in a Veterinary Environment’ and ‘Veterinary Nursing’ from 2011/12 to 2016/17.

Notes

1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. ‘-‘ indicates figures which are less than five.

2) Figures for 2011/12 onwards are not directly comparable to earlier years as a Single Individualised Learner Record data collection system has been introduced. Small technical changes have been made in the way learners from more than one provision type are counted, leading to a removal of duplicate learners and a reduction in overall learner numbers of approximately two per cent.