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99708

registered interest
date	17/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people who accessed a traineeship in the last 12 months have progressed to an accredited apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	211004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>Progression data for Traineeships is planned for publication, subject to data quality, in a Statistical First Release. When available, it will be accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 22/10/2014 15:25:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

93022

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to change funding of the Apprenticeship scheme.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	210186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>We are planning to route funding for apprenticeship training directly through employers. This will put employers in the driving seat in terms of securing the most appropriate training, giving them a greater stake in guaranteeing that the training provision their apprentices receive is high quality. We are trialling a simplified funding model for apprenticeships based on new employer-designed standards in the 2014/15 Academic Year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336036/BIS-14-975-Trialling-our-new-apprenticeship-funding-model.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/336036/BIS-14-975-Trialling-our-new-apprenticeship-funding-model.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 16/10/2014 16:14:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

92434

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices have been employed by companies in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>Data for each of the last 3 years on the number of Apprenticeship starts by workplace location is shown in Table 1. Geographic information for workplace location is not available for earlier years.</p><p>Table 1: Apprenticeship starts by workplace location</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley East Constituency</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>780</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>16,490</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Apprenticeships</p></td><td><p>457,200</p></td><td><p>520,600</p></td><td><p>510,200</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: Individualised Learner Record (ILR)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Additional information on the number of workplaces employing apprentices by geography is published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/309551/apprenticeship-workplaces-by-region-and-constituency.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/309551/apprenticeship-workplaces-by-region-and-constituency.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 17/10/2014 13:46:52 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

91957

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprenticeship starts there were in each academic year in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	209392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Final data for the 2012/13 academic year show that there were 5,930 adult (19+) learners participating in government funded further education and skills in Barnsley East constituency.</p><p> </p><p>Information on Apprenticeship starts by geography is published in a Supplementary Table to a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 209561 question first answered 14/10/2014 11:46:51 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

90405

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish all the responses received to the Future of Apprenticeships in England: Funding Reform Technical Consultation, published in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish a summary of the responses to the consultation in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 15:55:09 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90267

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with small and medium-sized enterprises on the planned changes to the funding of the apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	207865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has had regular discussions with employers of all sizes and with the Federation of Small Businesses about the apprenticeship reform programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:46:21 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 18508 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

90275

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many applications are made on average before (a) a white and (b) an ethnic minority applicant secures an apprenticeship.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	207941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship applications made through the Apprenticeship vacancy online system is published online. The tables include a breakdown by ethnicity:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/340846/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelAug14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/340846/ApprenticeshipVacancyReportNumberofapplicationsbyAgeGenderEthnicityorSSAorProgrammeLevelAug14.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not collect robust information on the average number of applications made before an applicant secures an Apprenticeship.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by ethnicity is also available online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324021/apprenticeships-starts-by-geography-learner-demographics-and-sector-subject-area.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/09/2014 10:34:43 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 18521 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

78871

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships taken up by people aged (i) under 19, (ii) between 19 and 25 and (iii) 25 and over in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206598 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78872

registered interest
date	18/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) intermediate, (b) advanced and (c) higher level apprenticeships starts taken up by people aged 25 and under in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12 and (iv) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	206598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on the number of Apprenticeship starts by Level and age group is published in Table 6.1 of a Statistical First Release (SFR):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/learner-participation-outcomes-and-level-of-highest-qualification-held</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 206597 question first answered 01/09/2014 16:29:44 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

78340

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the number of roles advertised through the National Apprenticeship Service which pay below the apprentice national minimum wage.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All vacancies that are advertised on the Apprenticeship vacancy website by training providers and employers are quality checked by the Skills Funding Agency to ensure that employers are paying at least the Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage (NMW) of £2.68 per hour. Any vacancies that are found to be paying below this rate are not advertised until they can meet the NMW requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 01/09/2014 16:27:41 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna