Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of apprenticeship applications is made by black and ethnic minority applicants.

Information on apprenticeship applications made via the Apprenticeship vacancy online system by ethnicity of the applicant is published online: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/432299/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelJun15.xls

While not all applications for apprenticeships are submitted via the Apprenticeship vacancy online system, data is only available for applications submitted in this way.