HC Deb 06 May 2003 vol 404 c629W
Mr. Boswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people enrolled in programmes of advanced and foundation modern apprenticeships in the three months prior to 1 January 2003; and how many people were in programmes on that date. [111282]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The latest information on starts is for the period from August 2002 to October 2002. This information, along with the number of learners on modern apprenticeship programmes on 1 November 2002 is given in the following table:

FMA AMA Total
Starts from August to October 2002 45,900 22,600 68,500
In Learning on 1 November 2002 120,800 113,300 234,100