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100604

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, and (3) 18 year-olds started apprenticeships in the academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL2335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for 16, 17 and 18 year olds in 2012/13 and provisional full year apprenticeship starts for the same ages in 2013/14. Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by age (2012/13 and 2013/14 provisional full year)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Full year</p></td><td><p>(provisional)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,080</p></td><td><p>25,170</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35,810</p></td><td><p>38,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>53,430</p></td><td><p>54,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p><p>2) Age is calculated based on age at start of the programme rather than based on 31 August.</p><p> </p><p>3) Provisional data are subject to change and should not be directly compared with data from earlier academic years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 29/10/2014 17:05:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

156476

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are putting in place to increase the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises which take on apprentices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL2918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Grant for Employers provides £1,500 to help smaller employers recruit a new apprentice aged 16 to 24. We have made £170m additional funding available over 2014-16 financial years to fund over 100,000 additional incentive payments. Provisional figures show that between Feb 2012 and July 2014 there were 95,200 apprenticeship starts for which a payment was made through the AGE Grant. A further 8,200 were in the pipeline (started but not yet paid).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Apprenticeship reforms are putting employers in the lead of designing apprenticeships, making it easier and more attractive for them to offer more in the future. Funding reforms will also provide a financial incentive to support smaller businesses taking on an apprentice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 01/12/2014 12:03:03 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

166197

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to change the eligibility criteria for young people who wish to undertake apprenticeships, but have prior academic qualifications such as A-levels.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL3181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>Having prior academic qualifications does not preclude a young person being eligible to do an apprenticeship. There are therefore no plans to change the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full details of the funding rules can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sfa-funding-rules</a> and cover both the current apprenticeship programme and for the Trailblazer Apprenticeship Standards</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/12/2014 16:11:28 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

168494

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total number of apprenticeship frameworks started in England in academic years 2012–13 and 2013–14 by young adults aged (1) 19–21, and (b) 22–24.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in England for age groups 19-21 and 22-24 in 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Age, 2012/13 to 2013/14</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age group</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-21</p></td><td><p>99,900</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-24</p></td><td><p>65,400</p></td><td><p>58,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-24 total</p></td><td><p>165,400</p></td><td><p>159,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Individualised Learner Record</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p><p>2) Age is calculated based on age at the start of the programme.</p><p> </p><p>3) Volumes are a count of the number of starts at any point in the year. Learners starting more than one apprenticeship will appear more than once.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 17/12/2014 14:34:20 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

226867

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government for the year 2013–14 how many young people aged 18, 19, 20 and 21 started apprenticeships; and for each age cohort how many did so at level 2, level 3, level 4 and above.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Clifton
	uin	HL5659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeships starts for those aged 18, 19, 20 and 21 for each Level and in total in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by Age and Level, 2013/14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>Intermediate Level Apprenticeship (Level 2)</p></td><td><p>Advanced Level Apprenticeship (Level 3)</p></td><td><p>Higher Apprenticeship (Level 4+)</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>34,100</p></td><td><p>20,200</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>24,400</p></td><td><p>15,300</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>40,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20,000</p></td><td><p>12,600</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>33,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>16,800</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>27,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p><p> </p><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 23/03/2015 13:04:29 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	3144 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Clifton

388070

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for the latest year for which figures are available, how many people in England aged (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, (4) 19–21, (5) 22–24, and (6) 25 and over, started an apprenticeship; and for each age group, how many started engineering apprenticeships.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
	uin	HL1196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in 2013/14 by age for all apprenticeships and for the engineering and manufacturing sector subject area.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Apprenticeship Starts by age (2013/14)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Age</p></td><td><p>All Apprenticeship Starts</p></td><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>25,500</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>39,000</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>55,100</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19-21</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>15,500</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22-24</p></td><td><p>58,100</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25+</p></td><td><p>161,600</p></td><td><p>16,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 440,400 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 64,800 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>(2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>(3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 21/07/2015 13:08:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

391955

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, and what proportion of, (1) 16 year-olds, (2) 17 year-olds, (3) 18 year-olds, and (4) 19-24 year-olds, started on an apprenticeship in the areas of science, engineering, manufacturing and technology in (a) 2012–13, and (b) 2013–14.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sharp of Guildford
	uin	HL1718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the number of young people starting apprenticeships in the ‘Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies’, ‘Information and Communication Technology’ and ‘Science and Mathematics’ Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information is not available as proportions of the population of each age group. <br></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: Number of Apprenticeship starts by 16,17, 18 and 19-24 year-olds in the Engineering and Manufacturing Techologies, Information and Communication Technology and Science and Mathematics Sector Subject Areas in 2012/13 and 2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sector Subject Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>6,980</p></td><td><p>6,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>7,570</p></td><td><p>8,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>10,220</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>20,950</p></td><td><p>22,530</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Information and Communication Technology</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>4,810</p></td><td><p>5,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science and Mathematics</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>7,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>9,100</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12,800</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>19-24</p></td><td><p>25,900</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1) The source is the Individualised Learner Record.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>2) Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10, with the exception of totals which are rounded to the nearest hundred.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>3) Age is based upon self-declaration by the learner and is defined as age at start of Apprenticeship.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 04/08/2015 15:25:07 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	2113 label Biography information for Baroness Sharp of Guildford

391960

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to create an apprenticeship scheme that focuses equally on increasing vocational on-the-job training and offering high quality study opportunities.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2015 answer text <p>Over the next 5 years we will support 3 million new apprenticeships. We are developing a package of measures to achieve this growth by getting more employers to offer apprenticeships, so many more people can benefit from this valuable route to a great career. The Government is introducing a levy on larger UK employers to fund apprenticeship training. The levy will apply to larger employers and will support post-16 apprenticeships. Further details on the apprenticeships levy will be set out in theSpending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through our reforms, we are driving up the quality of apprenticeships to ensure that they fully meet employers’ needs and have substantial, stretching on- and off-the-job training with robust assessment procedures that ensure apprentices are fully competent in their occupation at the end of their training. We also insist that apprentices study English and maths to ensure they have the transferable skills needed to progress their career.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 03/08/2015 16:21:23 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

422135

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they plan to improve the quality of the apprenticeship schemes, in the light of the conclusion in Ofsted's report that very few apprenticeships are delivering professional level skills.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL2755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>We have been taking steps to improve the quality of apprenticeships, including insisting that all apprenticeships should be paid jobs with substantial stretching training and robust assessment procedures and last for a minimum of 12 months. We are committed to delivering employer-led apprenticeship reforms, which are improving the quality of apprenticeships to provide the skills that employers need.</p><p>The availability of apprenticeships at a range of levels is essential to meet the skill needs of employers and improve productivity. We are committed to growing the numbers of Higher and Degree Apprenticeships, which are widening access to the professions, and developing the higher level technical skills needed to improve productivity and support British industry to compete internationally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2015 14:07:55 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

427504

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Apprentices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that apprenticeships deliver the skills that are needed in the current world of work.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL3526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>We are committed to delivering employer-led apprenticeship reforms, which continue to improve the ability of apprenticeships to provide the skills that employers need.</p><p>Employers are designing high quality apprenticeships - including Degree Apprenticeships -that are more responsive to the needs of business. They are deciding the skills, knowledge and behaviour required in each apprenticeship and how those skills should be assessed at the end of the programme. Through this process employers can be confident that completing an apprenticeship signals a genuine ability to do the job.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/11/2015 16:22:10 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley