§ Mr. KilfoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Liverpool, Walton have secured apprenticeships in each year from 1997 to 2003. [166964]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisModern Apprenticeship data are not available at parliamentary constituency level. The table shows the number of learners to have completed their modern apprenticeship framework in the Greater Merseyside LSC area in 2001/02 and 2002/03. Some learners gain an NVQ, but do not complete the rest of their framework—these are also shown separately in the table. Comparable data for the years prior to 2001/02 are not available due to changes in the way data are collected.
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Leavers achieving NVQ only
Total achievers1 2001/02 1,300 900 2,200 2002/03 2 1,800 900 2,800 1 Totals may not equal sum of columns due to rounding 2 2002/03 figures are provisional Source: LSC Individualised Learner Record
§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of West Lancashire have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [171492]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available on a consistent geographical basis over the last five years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Lancashire LSC area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1998 to March 2001 in the two TECs that amalgamated into Lancashire LSC—ELTEC and LAWTEC.
Time period1 TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 1998 to March ELTEC 1,000 400 1999 LAWTEC 1,600 100 April 1999 to March ELTEC 800 1,100 2000 LAWTEC 1,900 1,800 April 2000 to March ELTEC 900 1,300 2001 LAWTEC 1,800 2,100 April 2001 to July Lancashire 1,900 4,100 2002 LSC August 2002 to July Lancashire 1,500 3,300 2003 LSC 1TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports figures in academic years. The first LSC 'year' was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years. Sources: TEC Management Information. LSC Individualised Learner Record.