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<p>The most recent statistics on apprenticeship starts by industry sector covers the
academic years 2012/13 to 2016/17 and are published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/apprenticeships-in-england-by-industry-characteristics</a>.</p><p>The
UK Standard Industrial Classification of economic activities does not include a specific
category for the technology sector. However, the ‘Information and communication’ category
includes several specific sub-sectors related to technology (e.g. telecommunications,
computer programming and information service activities).</p><p>In 2016/17 there were
9,410 starts in the information/communication sector in the UK and 1,440 starts in
the information/communication sector in the South East.</p><p>Data is not published
at constituency level so the number of starts in the Woking constituency is not available.</p>
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