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1687855

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2024 to Question 12581 on Apprentices, when her Department plans to publish the National Achievement Rate Tables for the 2022-23 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answer of 20 October 2023 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-18/199983" target="_blank">199983</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 19/02/2024 13:27:19 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1687857

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprentices completed their endpoint assessment (a) on the date of, (b) one to three months after, (c) three to six months after and (d) more than six months after completing their apprenticeship in each academic year since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The attached table shows achievers, rounded to the nearest 100, on apprenticeship standards in each academic year since 2019/20. Data is unavailable for the preceding years as the achievement date was not collected as part of the department’s individual learner records prior to the 2019/20 academic year.</p><p>To note, achievements totals may not match published standards achievements totals as the attached table does not include those where an invalid achievement date was entered.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 19/02/2024 14:17:54 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon attachment 1 file name 13301_table_attachment.xlsx title 13301_table_attachment
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1687881

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people applied for an apprenticeship in each academic year since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into nearly 700 occupations from entry level to expert roles. The table below shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised and the number of apprenticeship applications that were submitted through the ‘Find An Apprenticeship’ (FAA) service in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2022/23. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2016/17 and 2020/21.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vacancies advertised</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications submitted </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>185,160</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>173,520</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>151,720</p></td><td><p>7,950</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>98,530</p></td><td><p>16,990</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>134,460</p></td><td><p>360,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>189,430</p></td><td><p>681,090</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>148,720</p></td><td><p>669,450</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies or local job centre instead of, or in addition to, the FAA service. As a result, the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.</p><p>Apprenticeship vacancies can now be browsed on the University and Colleges Admissions Service website and later this year they will also be able to use the service to apply for apprenticeships. In January 2024, the department also launched the ‘It all starts with skills’ campaign which is encouraging people to find out more about the different apprenticeship and wider skills programmes available.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 13313 question first answered 19/02/2024 11:51:58 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1687882

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship spaces were available in each academic year since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>Apprenticeships offer a high-quality and popular route into nearly 700 occupations from entry level to expert roles. The table below shows the number of apprenticeship vacancies that were advertised and the number of apprenticeship applications that were submitted through the ‘Find An Apprenticeship’ (FAA) service in each academic year from 2016/17 to 2022/23. Due to the data protection policy in place prior to 2021/22, the department does not hold an accurate record of the number of applications submitted between 2016/17 and 2020/21.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Academic year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vacancies advertised</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Applications submitted </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>185,160</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>173,520</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>151,720</p></td><td><p>7,950</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>98,530</p></td><td><p>16,990</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>134,460</p></td><td><p>360,100</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>189,430</p></td><td><p>681,090</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>148,720</p></td><td><p>669,450</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Employers can choose to advertise apprenticeship vacancies through their own websites, recruitment agencies or local job centre instead of, or in addition to, the FAA service. As a result, the actual number of apprenticeship vacancies and applications will be higher.</p><p>Apprenticeship vacancies can now be browsed on the University and Colleges Admissions Service website and later this year they will also be able to use the service to apply for apprenticeships. In January 2024, the department also launched the ‘It all starts with skills’ campaign which is encouraging people to find out more about the different apprenticeship and wider skills programmes available.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 13312 question first answered 19/02/2024 11:51:58 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1687889

registered interest
date	06/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Work Experience
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students in full-time education have completed a work experience placement of (a) five days and (b) more than five days in each academic year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	13315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The careers statutory guidance makes it clear that schools and colleges should offer every young person at least one experience of a workplace by age 16 and a further experience by age 18. This captures a range of activities such as job shadowing, workplace visits and volunteering. This guidance is accessible at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/careers-guidance-provision-for-young-people-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Data on experiences of the workplace is captured by the Careers and Enterprise Company and their latest findings are available at: <a href="https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/our-evidence/evidence-and-reports/insight-briefing-gatsby-benchmark-results-2022-2023/" target="_blank">https://www.careersandenterprise.co.uk/our-evidence/evidence-and-reports/insight-briefing-gatsby-benchmark-results-2022-2023/</a>. This data is based on a national dataset of 4,534 state-funded secondary schools and colleges. In the 2022/2023 academic year, 68% of schools reported that the majority of students had some experience of the workplace by the end of year 11, and over 77% of schools reported that their students had experience of workplaces in year 12 or year 13.</p><p>At post-16, pupils have access to work placement opportunities through the T level programme. T levels are designed to equip students for skilled employment, whilst also providing a high-quality route to further study, including apprenticeships, higher technical education and degree level study. The programme includes a T level industry placement where students spend a minimum of 315 hours working with external employer(s), which equates to approximately 45 days. Since T levels were first introduced in 2020, 94% of the 2020 cohort and 94.9% of the 2021 cohort have completed their industry placement. This is a total of 4250 students who have successfully completed their industry placements.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 19/02/2024 13:09:31 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1686806

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10141 on Apprenticeships, whether her Department holds this data for any academic year since 2010/11.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	12581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the number of apprentices starting during the 2010/11 academic year onwards that do not go on to subsequently complete their apprenticeship. Data is published on apprentices who were due to achieve (successfully complete) their apprenticeship in a particular academic year, regardless of the year they started.</p><p> </p><p>The following links provide achievement rates for which we have data published going back to 2012/13:</p><p /> <p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2012/13 to 2018/19: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables</a>.</p><p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2019/20 to 2020/21: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12</a>.</p><p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2021/22: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 12582 question first answered 06/02/2024 13:04:11 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1686807

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprenticeship courses were not completed in each academic year since 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	12582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold information on the number of apprentices starting during the 2010/11 academic year onwards that do not go on to subsequently complete their apprenticeship. Data is published on apprentices who were due to achieve (successfully complete) their apprenticeship in a particular academic year, regardless of the year they started.</p><p> </p><p>The following links provide achievement rates for which we have data published going back to 2012/13:</p><p /> <p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2012/13 to 2018/19: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sfa-national-success-rates-tables</a>.</p><p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2019/20 to 2020/21: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2021-22#content-12</a>.</p><p>National Achievement Rate Tables 2021/22: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/apprenticeships-and-traineeships/2022-23#content-7</a>.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon grouped question UIN 12581 question first answered 06/02/2024 13:04:11 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1686810

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2024 to Question 11344 on Apprentices, for what reasons were there no apprenticeship starts in the two lowest funding bands in the 2022-23 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	12584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>There are no apprenticeship standards that have funding bands of £1,500 and £2,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 06/02/2024 13:08:48 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1686812

registered interest
date	01/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of apprentices completed their endpoint assessment (a) on the date of, (b) one to three months after, (c) three to six months after and (d) more than six months after completing their apprenticeship in the 2021-22 academic year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	12585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The below table shows achievers (rounded to the nearest 100) on apprenticeship standards in the 2021/22 academic year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Months from last learning to end of EPA</p></td><td><p>Achievements</p></td><td><p>Proportion of total (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EPA within a month of last learning</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EPA 1-3 months after last learning</p></td><td><p>76,300</p></td><td><p>66.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EPA 3-6 months after last learning</p></td><td><p>18,200</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EPA more than 6 months after last learning</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td><td><p>7.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>115,100</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 06/02/2024 13:10:51 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1685445

registered interest
date	29/01/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Higher Technical Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of how many (a) colleges and (b) universities offer Higher Technical Qualifications (i) nationally and (ii) in each English region.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	11793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The department is delivering reforms to increase profile, prestige, and uptake of higher technical education. Central to these reforms is the introduction of Higher Technical Qualifications (HTQs). HTQs are level 4 and 5 qualifications (such as HNDs and Foundation Degrees) that have been approved against employer-developed standard and quality marked by the Institute for Apprenticeships &amp; Technical Education (IfATE). This means students and employers can have confidence that HTQs provide skills employers need.</p><p>HTQs are currently available across the country and are being taught in colleges, universities, Institutes of Technology’s (IoTs), and Independent Training Providers (ITPs) across Digital, Construction and Health &amp; Science subjects. These qualifications give the learner the skills for a range of great jobs including Cyber Security, Quantity Surveying, Sports Coaching and Nursing Associate.</p><p>There are 140 providers approved to begin teaching of HTQs in the 2023/24 academic year available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-higher-technical-qualifications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/list-of-higher-technical-qualifications</a>. The published list can be broken down by provider type and includes 111 FECs and 18 HEIs which are able to deliver HTQs from the 2023/24 academic year. While the data cannot be broken down by region, it is instead broken down by postcode and location. The department is updating the list of approved providers as new HTQs enter the market and more providers are onboarded to deliver the qualifications. An updated list will be ready in Spring 2024.</p><p>To support HTQ provision, £115 million in funding has been provided to colleges, universities, IoTs and ITPs to help grow provision across the country, on top of up to £300 million to create a network of 21 Institutes of Technology.</p><p>To date 172 qualifications have been approved as HTQs across seven occupational routes (Digital, Construction &amp; the Built Environment, Health &amp; Science, Business &amp; Administration, Education &amp; Early Years, Engineering &amp; Manufacturing and Legal, Finance &amp; Accounting), for first teach beginning between September 2022/20 to 2024.</p><p>To help HTQs be studied flexibly and around other commitments, since September 2023, HTQ learners are eligible for both tuition fee and maintenance loans whether they are studied full or part-time, on the same basis as degree level courses. HTQs will also be among the first courses eligible for modular funding when the Lifelong Learning Entitlement launches in the 2025/26 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 01/02/2024 17:28:19 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra