Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts are on (a) new apprenticeship standards and (b) frameworks in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.

This information is published in Table 7 and Table 21 of the further education and skills statistical first release. The most recent data is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558294/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-data-t....xls

A more detailed breakdown of starts by apprenticeship framework and standard is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558297/201516_OCT__Apps_Starts_By_SASE_Framework_Standard_Final_V1.2.xlsx

In the most recent academic year for which data is finalised (2014/15), there were 400 starts on standards out of a total of 499,900 apprenticeship starts.

For the 2015/16 academic year, provisional data indicates that there were 3,800 starts on standards out of 503,700 apprenticeship starts.