Apprenticeships

HC Deb 05 May 2004 vol 420 cc1568-71W

Mr. Neil Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Wigan have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [169364]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The 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 table shows the number of starts on modern apprenticeships in the Greater Manchester Learning and Skills Council (LSC) area between April

Time period	TEC/LSC	Advanced MAs	Foundation MAs
April 1998 to March 1999	Bolton and Bury CCTE	800	600
	Manchester	2,400	700
	Oldham CCTE	400	300
	Rochdale CCTE	500	100
	Stockport and High Peak1	800	100
	Wigan CCTE	700	300
April 1999 to March 200	Bolton and Bury CCTE	900	1000
	Manchester	2,800	1,800
	Oldham CCTE	500	500
	Rochdale CCTE	500	600
	Stockport and High Peak1	700	700
	Wigan CCTE	700	600
April 2000 to March 2001	Bolton and Bury CCTE	700	1,200
	Manchester	3,200	2,600
	Oldham CCTE	500	700
	Rochdale CCTE	400	700
	Stockport and High Peak1	800	1,000
	Wigan CCTE	900	800
April 2001 to July 2002	Greater Manchester LSC	4,800	9,800
March 2001 to July 2002	Greater Manchester LSC	2,900	6,800
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
Source:
TEC management information
LSC Individualised Learner Record
Denotes:
TEC also became part of Derbyshire LSC

Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of Burnley have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [167939]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The 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 1996 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 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

2001 and the end of July 2003, as well as the number of starts from April 1996 to March 2001 in the six Training and Enterprise Councils (TECs) that amalgamated into Greater Manchester LSC—Bolton and Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and High Peak and Wigan.

Time Period1	TEC/LSC	Advanced MA	Foundation MA
August 2002 to July 2003	Lancashire LSC	1,500	3,300
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.
Source:
TEC Management Information
LSC Individualised Learner Record

Mr. Randall

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many residents of the Uxbridge constituency have undertaken apprenticeships in each of the last five years. [168990]

Mr. Ivan Lewis

The 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 west London 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 Councils (TECs) that amalgamated into West London LSC—Focus Central London, north west London and west London.

Time period1	TEC/LSC	Advanced MAs	Foundation MAs
April 1998 to March 1999	Focus Central London2	1,700	500
	North west London	400	300
	West London3	1,300	1,000
April 1999 to March 2000	Focus central London2	2,300	1,200
	North west London	400	500
	West London3	1,000	1,400
April 2000 to March 2001	Focus central London2	2,500	1,900
	North west London	500	500
	West London3	1,100	2,100
April 2001 to July 2002	West London LSC	900	1,800
March 2001 to July 2002	West London LSC	600	1,200
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.
2Parts focus central London TEC became parts of central London and east London LSCs
3Part of west London TEC became part of south London LSC
Source:
TEC management information LSC Individualised Learner Record