Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Degree Apprenticeships were (a) advertised and (b) completed in the North East in each of the last five years.
The table below provides details of degree level apprenticeship (Level 6 and 7) vacancies in the North East that were advertised on the Find an Apprenticeship (FAA) service on GOV.UK in each of the last five years.
The department encourages employers to advertise on FAA to maximise engagement with their vacancies and to ensure that they are accessible to all potential apprentices, but not all choose to use the service. Employers may choose to recruit apprentices through their own channels, for example their own websites, which we do not monitor. The figures below therefore do not represent the total number of degree level apprenticeship vacancies advertised.
Academic Year | Number of Level 6 & 7 Apprenticeship Vacancies in the North East advertised on Find An Apprenticeship |
2017/18 | 40 |
2018/19 | 110 |
2019/20 | 70 |
2020/21 | 160 |
2021/22 | 140 |
The table below provides details of degree level apprenticeships that have been achieved in each of the last five years.
Academic Year | Number of Level 6 & 7 Apprenticeship achievements in the North East |
2017/18 | 10 |
2018/19 | 60 |
2019/20 | 100 |
2020/21 | 280 |
2021/22 | 570 |
Between 2017/18 and 2021/22 there have been 7,780 degree-level apprenticeship starts in the North East region. Level 6 and 7 apprenticeship standards range from one to five years in duration and typically take three to four years to complete.
Note:
The vacancy region is based on the postcode of the vacancy whereas the achievement/start region is based on apprentice’s home postcode.