A letter is issued to all new level 2 and 3 apprentices in England on Government-funded apprenticeships, setting out what they can expect from their apprenticeship. This includes information on their national minimum wage entitlement.<\/p>
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We are currently considering the form and timing of the public consultation in the light of ongoing caste discrimination litigation in the Employment Appeal Tribunal. We will await the outcome of the judgment before deciding in what form to issue the public consultation<\/p>
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While I have not been approached by representatives from the construction industry on this matter, I am open to representations on the use of umbrella companies in the construction sector.<\/p>
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Provisional data* from the October 2014 Statistical First Release, shows that for the programme to date (August 2012 to July 2014) there were 4,300 apprenticeship starts associated with the Employer Ownership Pilot (EOP). There were also 32,700 non apprenticeship starts associated with the EOP.<\/p>
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To date, £52.9m of EOP funding has been drawn down by beneficiaries. The balance of funding is expected to be drawn down over the period to financial year 16/17.<\/p>
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* Provisional data are subject to change. Final data for the 2013/14 academic year will be published on 26 November 2014.<\/p>
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Destination measures were produced for students who entered an A level or other Level 3 qualification in June 2014 for the 2010/11 cohort, showing their destinations in 2011/12. This was the first time that the data had been compiled separately for Further Education (FE) students \u2013 those in FE colleges, sixth form colleges and FE providers \u2013 and those in school sixth forms<\/p>
The table below shows data for England and Nottinghamshire local authority (LA) for FE students. Separate figures for full-time employment are not available. No figures are available for Ashfield constituency as it has no relevant FE or sixth form colleges.<\/p>
The tables, which include comparable data for school sixth forms, are published online:<\/p>
Destination Measures for key stage 5: 2010/11 cohort1<\/sup> from further education going into a 2011/12 destination.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> % going into a sustained2 <\/sup>destination<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Area<\/p><\/td> Number3<\/sup> of further education4<\/sup> students<\/p> <\/p><\/td> Employment and/or training5<\/sup><\/p><\/td> Higher6<\/sup> education<\/p> <\/p><\/td> Apprenticeships<\/p> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> England<\/p><\/td> 170,910<\/p><\/td> 7%<\/p><\/td> 44%<\/p><\/td> 5%<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 920<\/p><\/td> 4%<\/p><\/td> 31%<\/p><\/td> 6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: National Pupil Database<\/p> Footnotes<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> All students who entered an A Level or other Level 3 qualification. This includes all level 3 qualifications i.e. general or applied A levels, AS examinations or other level 3 qualifications. These students are mostly academic age 17. There is also a number of students of academic age 16 and 18 in the cohort.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2<\/p><\/td> Sustained participation for the first two terms, October to March.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3<\/p><\/td> Number of students rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4<\/p><\/td> Further education includes students from further education colleges, sixth form colleges and other further education providers; it excludes school sixth forms<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 5<\/p><\/td> This includes all young people who were recorded as having been in employment and/or training for at least 5 months for the sustained period, October to March<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 6<\/p><\/td> Higher Education includes students at higher education institutions or undertaking higher education provision at a further education college<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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