Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 6 January 2014.
Matthew Hancock
The Minister for Universities and Science, Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) (Jointly with the Department for Education)
2:30,
6 January 2014
There were 868,700 people undertaking an apprenticeship last year—more than ever before. We have already taken steps to increase standards and remove low-quality provision, and we will take further such steps.