Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships have been created in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in the last five years; and how many of those apprenticeships were in the services industry.

Information on apprenticeship starts by geography and sector subject area is published in a supplementary table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400024/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-and-sector-subject-area.xls

Apprenticeship data are not available by industrial sector.