Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students (a) began and (b) successfully completed traineeship programmes in each year since they began.

Traineeship starts, completions and completion rates since the 2014/15 academic year are published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/50bc6985-f66e-4301-8179-08dae43019f8.

The academic year refers to the start year of the traineeship. Completions and completion rates for traineeships started in 2021/22 are not yet available.

Further statistics on traineeships can be found in the Apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.