HC Deb 24 October 2002 vol 391 cc468-70W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern apprenticeships have been under way(a) in total and (b) in each industrial sector in each year since the inception of the scheme; and how many persons have entered a programme in each of these years. [76413]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The figures (except those broken down into sector) in the following tables also appear in the DfES' Statistical First Release on work-based learning, published today at http://www.dfes.gov.uk/ statistics/DB/SFR/s0358/index.html.

The numbers of people in-learning on AMA and FMA since the inception of the scheme are as follows:

Date in-learning AMA FMA
16 July 1995 2,100 0
21 July 1996 35,100 0
03 August 1997 87,500 0
02 August 1998 109,600 8,800
01 August 1999 123,800 41,400
30 July 2000 127,300 77,700
29 July 2001 117,800 88,400
28 July 2002 107,900* 111,600*

Note:

* In-learning figures on 28 July 2002 are provisional.

The proportions in-learning in each sector, as a proportion of all sectors, are as follows:

In-learning on AMA in sector as % of in-learning on AMA in all sectors 21 Jul 1996 3 Aug 1997 2 Aug 1998 1 Aug 1999 30 Jul 2000 29 Jul 2001 28 Jul 2002
% % % % % % %
Services — 2 2 2 2 1 1
Moving into Management — — — — 1 1 1
Motor Industry 9 8 9 8 8 10 11
Plumbing 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Printing 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Retailing 7 9 5 6 5 3 2
Road Haulage and Distribution — — 1 1 1 1 1
Sports and Recreation 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Telecommunications — — 1 1 1 2 2
Travel Services 1 2 2 2 2 2 3

Sources:

Sectors which have less than 0.5% of all those on AMA on 28 July 2002 are not shown.

Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.

"—" denotes zero or less than 0.5%.

In-learning on FMA in sector as % of in-learning on FMA in all sectors 02 Aug 1998 01 Aug 1999 30 Jul 2000 29 Jul 2001 28 Jul 2002
% % % % %
Accounting — 1 1 1 1
Agriculture and Commercial Horticulture 3 1 1 1 1
Amenity Horticulture — 1 1 1 1
Animal Care 3 2 2 1 1
Business Administration 13 18 16 15 14
Construction — 4 7 7 9
Customer Service 1 6 10 10 8
Distribution, Warehousing and Storage — — — 2 2
Early Years Care and Education — 1 2 3 4
Electrotechnical — — — 1 1
Engineering Manufacture 6 4 4 5 4
Glass Industry — 1 1 — 1
Hairdressing 23 13 11 10 10
Health and Social Care 4 5 5 6 7
Hospitality 7 10 10 11 11
Information Technology and Electronic Services — 5 4 4 3
Manufacturing (Engineering) — — 1 1 1
Motor Industry 8 5 5 4 4
Plumbing — 1 1 1 2
Retailing — 16 13 12 10
Road Haulage and Distribution — — — 1 1
Sports and Recreation 2 1 2 2 2

Sources:

Sectors which have less than 0.5% of all those on FMA on 28 July 2002 are not shown.

Figures are rounded to the nearest whole percentage point.

"—" denotes zero or less than 0.5%.

The numbers of starts on Foundation Modern Apprenticeships (FMA) and Advanced Modern Apprenticeships (AMA) in the last six years are as follows:

Date of start AMA FMA
22 July 1996–3 August 1997 64,600 0
4 August 1997–2 August 1998 66,800 7,800
3 August 1998–1 August 1999 73,200 45,100
2 August 1999–30 July 2000 76,800 88,300
31 July 2000–29 July 2001 72,400 104,100
30 July 2001–28 July 2002 52,700* 106,600*

Note:

* Starts in 2001–02 are provisional.

The Learning and Skills Council is responsible for delivering the new generation of Modern Apprenticeships and is working closely with the new Sector Skills Councils and the Connexions Service to improve quality and performance.