Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeships have been taken up in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) the East Midlands in each of the last three years.

This data is published as part of the Further Education Data Library: Apprenticeships[1] and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558301/201516_OCT_Apps_Starts_by_Region_PCON_LEA_LA_E_D_Final_V1.3.xlsx

This covers apprenticeship starts for all regions and all parliamentary constituencies from the 2005/06 to 2014/15 finalised academic year data, and includes provisional data for the 2015/16 academic year. Final full-year data for 2015/16 academic year will be published on 17 November 2016.

[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fe-data-library-apprenticeships