Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they hold data on the number of professional and vocational qualifications awarded in the field of construction and bricklaying in 2024.

Further education and skills:

For the full 2023/24 academic year, there were 12,840 apprenticeships achievements in the construction, planning and build environment sector subject area covering all ages. An additional 48,750 adult achievement regulated qualifications in construction, were supported by Adult Skills Budget.

T Levels:

T Levels completions that count towards performance tables in 2023/24 were:

• 687 in Design, Surveying and Planning
• 319 in Building Services Engineering
• 139 in Onsite Construction
• 555 in Design and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing
• 181 in Engineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control
• 399 in Maintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing

Key Stage 4:

In 2023/24, 9,548 pupils took construction Technical Awards that count towards performance tables.

16 to 18:

Published in the ‘A level and other 16 to 18 results’ statistical release.

For 2023/24, vocational qualifications counting towards performance tables were taken by:

• 35 Applied General students
• 2,567 Tech Level students
• 2,481 Technical Certificate students

More information can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/a-level-and-other-16-to-18-results/2023-24.