Apprentices

(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices have been funded by the Government in each of the last seven years.


Answered by
Andrea Jenkyns Portrait
Andrea Jenkyns
This question was answered on 17th October 2022

Government-funded apprenticeship participation from the 2015/16 academic onwards is shown in the table below:

Academic Year

Learner Participation

2015/16 - Full Year

899,390

2016/17 - Full Year

908,660

2017/18 - Full Year

814,790

2018/19 - Full Year

742,390

2019/20 - Full Year

718,950

2020/21 - Full Year

712,990

2021/22 – August 2021 to April 2022, reported to date

692,920

1) Figures are rounded to the nearest 10

2) Participation is a count of learners that participated at any point during the year. Learners undertaking more than one apprenticeship in a year will only be counted once.

Further information on apprenticeship participation can be found in the apprenticeships and traineeships statistics publication. This can be accessed at: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships.

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