Apprentices
(asked on 7th July 2015) - View Source
Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, how many people in England aged (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, (4) 19–21, (5) 22–24, and (6) 25 and over, started an apprenticeship; and for each age group, how many started engineering apprenticeships.
Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in 2013/14 by age for all apprenticeships and for the engineering and manufacturing sector subject area.
Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by age (2013/14) |
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Age | All Apprenticeship Starts | Engineering and Manufacturing |
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16 | 25,500 | 6,900 |
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17 | 39,000 | 8,500 |
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18 | 55,100 | 10,800 |
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19-21 | 101,000 | 15,500 |
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22-24 | 58,100 | 7,000 |
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25+ | 161,600 | 16,100 |
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Total | 440,400 | 64,800 |
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Notes: |
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(1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record. |
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(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred. |
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(3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of apprenticeship. | ||||||