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<p>The attached table provides figures for apprenticeship starts for each month since
May 2017, when significant structural changes to the apprenticeship funding system
were implemented following the introduction of the apprenticeship levy and apprenticeship
service.</p><p>The profile of apprenticeship starts changed significantly both in
the run-up to the introduction of the levy and subsequently. Care should be taken
when comparing individual months between academic years as they are unlikely to provide
a meaningful year-on-year trend. Numbers of reported starts are likely to change as
the reforms to apprenticeship funding continue to bed in and employers engage with
the new system.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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