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	answer has question	xfE7MdM4
	answer has answering person	Matthew John David Hancock
	answer text	<p>According to a UKCES survey, in England 14% of workplaces either currently employ apprentices or offer apprenticeships<Sup>1</Sup>. In 2010, a similar survey found that 9% ofworkplaces either employed or offeredapprenticeships<Sup>2</Sup>.</p><p>The three main reasons why workplaces are not currently offering apprenticeships are:</p><p>a lack of awareness;</p><p>they choose not to;</p><p>or they have real or perceived barriers preventing them from doing so.<Sup>1</Sup>The UKCES Employer Perspectives Survey2012<Sup>2</Sup>While the surveys are not directly comparable, the authors state thatthe figures ‘suggest that the proportion of employers offeringformal Apprenticeships has increased significantly in the last two tothreeyears’.</p>
	answer given date	2013-12-11
	answer has answering body	Department for Education
	written answer has answering body	Department for Education
Department for Education	answering body has written answer	3BL6Hyri
Department for Education	answering body has answer	3BL6Hyri
xfE7MdM4	question has answer	3BL6Hyri
Matthew John David Hancock	answering person has answer	3BL6Hyri