To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152627, how many NHS apprenticeship starts there were by (a) employer and (b) region in each of those three years.
Answered on
11 July 2018
Data on the number of apprenticeship starts by employer are not currently held in the format requested.
The estimated numbers of apprenticeship starts for 2015/16 and 2016/17 split by region are set out in the following table.
Region | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
East Midlands | 1,890 | 1,167 |
East of England | 2,767 | 2,509 |
Kent Surrey and Sussex | 1,277 | 943 |
North East | 1,239 | 750 |
North West | 3,451 | 1,747 |
North West London | 746 | 551 |
North, Central and East London | 814 | 1,087 |
South London | 718 | 553 |
South West | 1,915 | 1,617 |
Thames Valley | 630 | 598 |
Wessex | 931 | 615 |
West Midlands | 2,021 | 1,850 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 1,421 | 1,545 |
Total | 19,820 | 15,532 |
Source: Health Education England
Figures on the numbers of public sector apprenticeships are not yet available for 2017/18. Public bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required to report on their progress annually. The first reports, covering the 2017/18 period, are due by 30 September 2018.