Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people aged (a) 50 and (b) over 50 started a Skills Bootcamp in financial year 2021-22.

Skills Bootcamps have proven popular with adults of working age. The published evaluation of delivery of Skills Bootcamps between April 2021 and 31 March 2022 shows a breakdown of learner starts by age band, with 2,277 (15%) learner starts between ages 45-54 and 759 (5%) learner starts between ages 55-67. The programme is rapidly expanding and as the department makes more training places available, we will ensure that adults that are 50 and over continue to be able to benefit from Skills Bootcamps training.