Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have commenced in (a) Suffolk and (b) Central Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency in each year from 2009-10 to date.

Apprenticeship statistics by geography are published on the ‘Explore Education Statistics’ platform on a quarterly basis. The specific statistical publication ‘Apprenticeship starts since May 2010 and 2015 by region, local authority and parliamentary constituency’ is published here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.

The attached table contains the number of apprenticeship starts for the Suffolk local authority and the Suffolk and North Ipswich constituency from May 2010 to April 2021.