Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many early years apprenticeships have been started in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those apprentices were employed in PVI settings.
The number of starts for the sector framework ‘Children’s Care Learning and Development’ by academic year are below.
Academic year | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Number of starts | 21,900 | 24,160 | 27,200 |
Further information on breakdowns by framework or standard are available at the links below.
For final 2016/17 data: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/661049/201617_apprenticeships_by_framework_and_sector_subject_area.xlsx.
For data on previous years: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/650226/201617_Oct_Apps_Level_SSA_And_Framework_Data_Tool_FINAL.xlsx.
These data are collected from the Individualised Learner Record. We do not collect information on types of settings and so are unable to identify private, voluntary or independent settings from the collection.