Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the current number of intermediary qualification apprenticeships offering qualifications equivalent to five GCSE passes.

Information on apprenticeship participation by Level of study is published in Table 5 and Table 19 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held

An Intermediate Level Apprenticeship (Level 2) is considered equivalent to five GCSEs.