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Arts: Apprentices

Question for Department for Education

UIN HL11565, tabled on 19 November 2018

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprenticeship starts there have been in the creative industries since April 2017.

Answered on

30 November 2018

There is no definition of apprenticeships that are in the creative industries.

The table below shows apprenticeship starts in the Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area, along with further subject area breakdowns since April 2017, and includes starts up to the provisional full 2017/18 academic year.

Apprenticeship starts since April 2017 in the Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area

Apprenticeship starts since April 2017 (reported to date)

Total starts in Arts, Media and Publishing sector subject area

1,080

of which Crafts, Creative Arts and Design

440

of which Media and Communication

630

of which Performing Arts

-

of which Publishing and Information Services

20

Notes

1) Data is based on full final year figures for the 2016/17 academic year and provisional full 2017/18 academic year figures (August 2018 to July 2018). Starts for 2016/17 only include those for April to July 2017.

2) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. ‘-’ indicates a value of less than 5 starts.

3) The data source is the Individualised Learner Record

4) This data is published here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750454/Monthly-apprenticeship-starts_SSA-Fwk-Std_October-2018.xlsx.