Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many apprenticeship starts at level 6 were for legal, finance and accounting in 2021–22 and 2022–23; how many of these apprentices were employed in levy-paying organisations; and how many there were in each region.

Level 6 Apprenticeship starts in the legal, finance and accounting route in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years are shown in the tables below, along with breakdowns by region, and where starts were supported by apprenticeship service account levy funds.

Level 6 Apprenticeship starts in the legal, finance and accounting route:

Of which supported by Apprenticeship service account levy funds:

Of which by region:

Notes for tables:

(1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.

(2) Data source is the individualised Learner Record.

(3) Geography is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Where the postcode is outside of England or not known it is included in the 'Outside of England and unknown' category.

(4) Geographies are taken from the National Statistics Postcode Lookup.

(5) Please see the 'Further education and skills statistics: methodology' document for more information about how 'supported by Apprenticeship service account levy funds' is derived.

(6) Route information is based on the latest information held on the IfATE 'Search the apprenticeships' page at the point of publication.