PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Manufacturing Industries: Apprentices (1 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new apprenticeships were made available in the manufacturing industry in each year since 2010.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

The most recent statistics on apprenticeship starts by industry sector cover the academic years 2012/13 to 2018/19 and are published on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics

The following table shows the number of apprenticeship starts in the manufacturing industry in England between academic years 2012/13 and 2018/19.

	Academic year
	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19
Total matched apprenticeship starts	450,710	388,590	445,910	457,020	449,830	346,840	366,170
C - Manufacturing	29,780	27,230	32,180	36,820	36,170	26,160	26,850

Data previous to 2012/13 is unavailable and data for 2019/20 will be published in February 2021.

Answered by:
Gillian Keegan (Conservative)
7 December 2020