PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Apprentices: North East (9 October 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeships are available in the North East; and how many applicants for such apprenticeships from disadvantaged backgrounds (a) secured and (b) completed apprenticeships in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)

Information on the number of apprenticeship starts (first link) and achievements (second link) in the North East is published online at the FE Data Library:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/438150/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378238/apprenticeships-achievements-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls

We do not centrally collect information on the number of apprenticeship applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds who secure and complete an apprenticeship.

Answered by:
Nick Boles (Independent)
15 October 2015