Apprentices: South East
Business, Innovation and Skills
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of apprentices in the south-east are (a) 16, (b) 17 and (c) 18 years old.
John Hayes (Minister of State (Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning), Business, Innovation and Skills; South Holland and The Deepings, Conservative)
holding answer
The following table shows the number and percentage of apprenticeship programme starts in the south-east region by learners aged 16, 17 and 18 in 2010/11; the latest year for which final data are available.
| Apprenticeship programme starts by age in the south-east region, 2010-11 | ||
| South-east region | Apprenticeship starts | Percentage of all age apprenticeship starts |
| 16 | 3,410 | 6 |
| 17 | 5,300 | 9 |
| 18 | 7,010 | 12 |
| 19+ | 42,620 | 73 |
| All age apprenticeships | 58,340 | 100 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures may not sum due to rounding. 2. Percentages are calculated based on unrounded figures and are presented to the nearest percentage point. 3. Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme. 4. Figures presented for 16-year-olds include a small number of under 16-year-olds. 5. Geography is based upon the home postcode of the learner. Geographic information is based on boundaries of regions as of May 2010. Source: Individualised Learner Record | ||
Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by age is published in a quarterly Statistical First Release (SFR). The latest SFR and supplementary tables were published on
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current