Jo Stevens – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jo Stevens on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of recent trends in the number of people under 19 completing apprenticeship programmes.

Nick Boles

In England, 71,100 apprenticeships were achieved by under 19 year olds in the 2014 to 2015 academic year. This is 5,700 more than in the 2013 to 2014 academic year and 10,300 more than in the 2012 to 2013 academic year.

We supported over 600,000 apprenticeships starts for 16-18 year olds during the previous parliament.