Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49543, what assessment she has made of the effect on UK (a) GDP and (b) productivity of 3 million apprenticeships starts taking place by 2020.

I refer to my answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49543. Our latest estimates of the economic impact of apprenticeships are published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-measuring-the-net-present-value-in-england. We will continue to update this information to understand the ongoing impact of our apprenticeships reform programme.