§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Buckingham have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last seven years. [161579]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available for a consistent geographical area over the last seven years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1996 to March 2001 in the three Training and Enterprise Council's (TECs) that amalgamated to become Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire LSC.
Time period1/TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 1996 to March 1997 Heart of England 600 — Milton Keynes and North Bucks 500 — Thames Valley2 1,700 — April 1997 to March 1998 Heart of England 1,000 — Milton Keynes and North Bucks 700 — Thames Valley2 2,500 — April 1998 to March 1999 Heart of England 1,100 100 Milton Keynes and North Bucks 700 300 Thames Valley2 1,800 400 April 1999 to March 2000 Heart of England 900 500 Milton Keynes and North Bucks 500 600 Thames Valley2 2,100 1,500 April 2000 to March 2001 Heart of England 1,000 700 Milton Keynes and North Bucks 600 800 Thames Valley2 2,300 2,800 April 2001 to July 2002 Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 1,700 3,900 August 2002 to July 2003 Milton Keynes, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire 1,300 2,500 1TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports them in academic years. The first LSC "year" was 16 months in order to bring the financial year figures into line with academic years. 2 Thames Valley TEC also became part of Berkshire LSC. Sources:
TEC management informationLSC Individualised Learner Record
§ Harry CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what targets his Department has set for numbers of apprenticeships. [162061]
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§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe Department has adopted a Public Service Agreement target that in the academic year 2004–05 28 per cent. of young people will start a Modern Apprenticeship programme by the age of 22.
§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of the Burton constituency have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last seven years. [161847]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. However, figures are available for Learning and Skills Council (LSC) areas and, prior to the creation of the LSC, Training and Enterprise Council (TEC) areas. The following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in Staffordshire LSC area between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1996 to March 2001 in Staffordshire TEC area.
Time period1 TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 1996 to March 1997 Staffordshire TEC 1,300 — April 1997 to March 1998 Staffordshire TEC 1,600 — April 1998 to March 1999 Staffordshire TEC 1,900 1,800 April 1999 to March 2000 Staffordshire TEC 2,100 1,600 April 2000 to March 2001 Staffordshire TEC 2,500 2,400 April 2001 to July 2002 Staffordshire LSC 1,300 3,000 August 2002 to July 2003 Staffordshire LSC 900 2,500 1 TECs reported the figures in financial years. LSC reports them 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.
§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Crosby have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [160438]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe information requested is not available at parliamentary constituency level. Nor is the information available for a consistent geographical area over the last five years. However, the following table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in Greater Merseyside Learning and Skills Council (LSC) between April 2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1998 to March 2001 in the four TECs that amalgamated to become Greater Merseyside LSC.
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Time period TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 1998 to March 1999 CEWTEC1 1,400 300 Merseyside 2,400 1,200 St. Helens CCTE 300 100 North and mid Cheshire1 1,200 200 April 1999 to March 2000 CEWTEC1 1,000 900 Merseyside 2,600 3,500 St. Helens CCTE 300 400 North and mid Cheshire1 900 500 April 2000 to March 2001 CEWTEC1 1,100 1,300 Merseyside 2,500 4,100 St. Helens CCTE 300 500 North and mid Cheshire1 1,000 900
Time period TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 2001 to July 2002 Greater Merseyside LSC 2,600 7,100 March 2001 to July 2002 Greater Merseyside LSC 2,000 6,000 1 Denotes TEC also became part of Cheshire and Warrington LSC Source:
TEC management informationLSC Individualised Learner Record
§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of(a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last seven years. [162145]
§ Mr. Ivan LewisThe 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 1996 to March 2001 in the two TECs that amalgamated into Lancashire LSC—ELTEC and LAWTEC. Figures for Chorley cannot be provided as information at parliamentary constituency level is not available.
Time period1 TEC/LSC Advanced MA Foundation MA April 1996 to March 1997 ELTEC 1,400 — LAWTEC 1,700 — April 1997 to March 1998 ELTEC 1,200 — LAWTEC 1,800 — April 1998 to March 1999 ELTEC 1,000 400 LAWTEC 1,600 100 April 1999 to March 2000 ELTEC 800 1,100 LAWTEC 1,900 1,800 April 2000 to March 2001 ELTEC 900 1,300 LAWTEC 1,800 2,100 April 2001 to July 2002 Lancashire LSC 1,900 4,100 August 2002 to July 2003 Lancashire LSC 1,500 3,300 1 TECs 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. Source:
TEC Management Information and LSC Individualised Learner Record