Education and Skills written question – answered on 10 January 2005.
Nigel Evans
Conservative, Ribble Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of residents in Ribble Valley and Fulwood have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last seven years.
Ivan Lewis
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education and Skills) (Skills and Vocational Education)
Figures for Ribble Valley and Fulwood cannot be provided as information at parliamentary constituency level is not available. The following table shows the number of starts on Apprenticeships in (i) the Lancashire Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April 2001 and the end of July 2004; and (ii) in the two Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) areas that amalgamated into Lancashire LSC—ELTEC and LAWTEC between April 1997 and March 2001. Figures are expressed in numbers rather then as percentages as population estimates are not available for TEC areas.
| Time period(5507180038) | TEC/LSC | Advanced apprenticeship | Apprenticeship at level 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 1997 to | ELTEC | 1,200 | — |
| March 1998 | LAWTEC | 1,800 | — |
| April 1998 to | ELTEC | 1,000 | 400 |
| March 1999 | LAWTEC | 1,600 | 100 |
| April 1999 to | ELTEC | 800 | 1,100 |
| March 2000 | LAWTEC | 1,900 | 1,800 |
| April 2000 to | ELTEC | 900 | 1,300 |
| March 2001 | LAWTEC | 1,800 | 2,100 |
| April 2001 to July 2002 | Lancashire LSC | 1,900 | 4,100 |
| August 2002 to July 2003 | Lancashire LSC | 1,700 | 3,600 |
| August 20003 to July 2004 | Lancashire LSC | 1,400 | 3,900 |
(5507180038) TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports figures in academic years. The first LSC 'year' was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years.
Sources:
TEC Management Information
LSC Individualised Learner Record
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