Andrew Dismore

Apprenticeships

Question No: 2551 / 2012

Andrew Dismore

In July 2011 you announced 28,000 apprenticeships had been created. In February 2012 you announced the figure was now 54,000. At July MQT you said, “The figures are publicly available. In due course they will be on the expanded London Datastore.” Can you explain where the figures of 28,000 and 54,000 apprenticeships that you announced can be found? Can you also explain when figures on apprenticeships will feature on the London Datastore?

Written response from the Mayor

I am delighted to report that there have been 75,000 apprenticeships starts since the start of the Apprenticeships Campaign in August, 2010.

The London Datastore currently only reports the annual number of apprenticeships starts. You can find this information at:

http://data.london.gov.uk/datastore/package/apprenticeships-starts-and-completions-region

The numbers referred to in your question were quarterly updates as provided in the Statistical First Release on the Government’s Data Service. I will ensure that the quarterly updates are also now included on the Datastore along with a running total of our apprenticeships achievements.