Apprenticeship statistics - Commons Library Standard Note

Published 08 February 2013 | Standard notes SN06113

Authors: Jack Evans

Topic: Employment schemes, Training

In England in the 2011/12 academic year:

• There were 520,600 apprenticeship starts.

• This is 63,400 more than the number of starts in the 2010/11 academic year, and 240,900 more than in the 2009/10 academic year.

• Much of this increase is due to many more people aged 25 and over starting apprenticeships.

• A much higher proportion of apprenticeship starters are now aged over 25 (44% in 2011/12) compared with 2009/10 (18%) and years previous to this.

• The majority of people starting apprenticeships choose frameworks in the service sectors, such as business administration and retail.

• A majority of apprenticeship starters were female.

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