The Department for Education (DFE) have published statistics covering apprenticeships and traineeships for 2021/22 academic year (August 2021 to July 2022).
These statistics include the following:
- apprenticeships (aged 16 and over)
- traineeships (aged 16 to 24)
- official statistics covering the apprenticeship service and ‘find an apprenticeship
Some figures for 2021/22 include:
- Apprenticeship starts reported for 2021/22 academic year (Aug to July) are 349,190
- Proportion of starts on standards was 99.5% (347,500)
- Proportion of starts supported by ASA (Apprenticeship Service Account) levy funds was 64.6% (225,600))
- Under 19s accounted for 22.2% of starts (77,500).
- Since May 2015 there have been 2,881,900 apprenticeship starts and since May 2010 this total stands at 5,259,400
The proportion of starts by level was:
- Advanced Apprenticeships: 43.3% or 151,300 starts
- Higher Apprenticeships: 30.5% or 106,400 starts
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