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The successful continuation of Work Based Learning has been recently highlighted in the Statistical First Releases for participation and success rates for the 2004/05 academic year. Most notably, the average number in learning on Apprenticeships in 2004/05 increased by 7.6% over 2003/04 and the trend away from NVQ Training towards Apprenticeships has continued. Current success rates for complete frameworks in all types of Apprenticeships have increased by 9 percentage points to 40% in 2004/05 and are currently running at over 50% for the 2005/06 academic year.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many modern apprenticeships are being undertaken, broken down by responsible sector skills councils. [88203]

Phil Hope: There are over 180 different Apprenticeship (formerly called Foundation Modem Apprenticeship) or Advanced Apprenticeship (formerly called Advanced Modern Apprenticeship) frameworks on offer to potential learners; the responsibility for each framework lies within an appropriate Sector Skills Council’s remit. Accurate data on numbers of Apprenticeships by Sector Skills Council are not held centrally at present. In lieu of the fact that accurate figures are not held, a lower level disaggregation is provided in the following table which shows 2004/05 Apprenticeships (average numbers in learning) broken down by sector framework (numbers are rounded up to the nearest 10).

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Average in learning
Sector framework title	Advanced Apprenticeships	Apprenticeships	Total
Accountancy	2,590	—	2,590
Active Leisure and Learning	1,240	—	1,240
Advice and Guidance	20	—	20
Agricultural Crops and Livestock	290	570	850
Amenity Horticulture	160	—	160
Animal Care	90	—	90
Apparel	10	—	10
Arts and Entertainment, Cultural Heritage, Information and Library Services	90	—	90
Automotive Industry	14,190	—	14,190
Aviation	20	—	20
Bakery	30	—	30
Barbering	10	—	10
Beauty Therapy	340	—	340
Building Services Engineers	160	—	160
Business Administration	4,670	14,200	18,870
Carry and Deliver Goods	210	—	210
Ceramics	30	—	30
Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Retro-Chemical Manufacturing and Refining Industries	170	40	200
Children’s Care Learning and Development	6,920	8,940	15,860
Cleaning and Support Service Industry	10	—	10
Coatings Development Plan	10	—	10
Coca Cola	40	—	40
Communications Technologies (Telecoms)	2,670	—	2,670
Community Justice	60	—	60
Construction	3,870	20,380	24,250
Contact Centres	220	—	220
Cultural Heritage	10	—	10
Customer Service	4,450	—	4,450
Dental Nursing	430	—	430
Design	10	—	10
Driving Goods Vehicles	440	—	440
Electrical and Electronic Servicing	100	—	100
Electricity Industry	450	—	450
Electrotechnical	12,680	2,470	15,150
Emergency Fire Service Operations	90	—	90
Engineering	17,410	10,370	27,770
Engineering Construction	620	10	630
Environmental Conservation	30	—	30
Equine Industry	510	—	510
Farriery	70	—	70
Floristry	40	—	40
Food and Drink Manufacturing Operations	30	—	30
Furniture Industry	170	—	170
Gas Industry	870	—	870
Glass Industry	230	—	230
Hairdressing	3,110	—	3,110
Health and Social Care	3,700	—	3,700
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration	1,420	—	1,420
Hospitality and Catering	4,930	—	4,930
Housing	20	—	20
Industrial Applications	10	—	10
Information and Library Services	10	—	10
Insurance	290	—	290
International Trade and Services	30	—	30
IT Services and Development	1,400	—	1,400
IT User	90	—	90
Jewellery, Silversmithing and Allied Trades	10	—	10
Laboratory Technicians (Generic)	20	—	20
Land-based Service Engineering	220	—	220
Learning and Development (Direct Training and Support)	10	—	10
Management	870	—	870
Man-Made Fibres	10	—	10
Marine Industry	380	—	380
Meat and Poultry Processing	10	—	10
Metals Industry	100	60	150
Newspaper Industry	10	—	10
Occupational Health and Safety Practice	30	—	30
Oil and Gas Extraction	10	—	10
Operating Department Practice	—	—	—
Optical Advisor	30	—	30
Payroll	10	—	10
Personnel	10	—	10
Pharmacy Technicians	40	—	40
Photo Imaging	20	—	20
Plumbing	3,260	5,560	8,810
Polymer Processing and Signmaking	20	60	80
Ports Industry	10	—	10
Printing	600	—	600
Procurement	10	—	10
Production Horticulture	10	—	10
Property Services	210	—	210
Providing Financial Services (Banks and Building Societies)	10	—	10
Rail Transport Engineering	180	—	180
Retail	1,190	7,530	8,720
Saddlery	10	—	10
Sales and Telesales	10	—	10
Sea Fishing	10	—	10
Security Industry	210	—	210
Sporting Excellence	530	—	530
Storage and Warehousing	10	—	10
Teaching Assistants	10	—	10
Textiles	100	—	100
Transport Engineering and Maintenance	190	—	190
Travel and Tourism Services Leisure and Business	1,680	430	2,110
Trees and Timber	10	—	10
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair	10	—	10
Veterinary Nursing	110	—	110
Water Industry	10	—	10
Wholesale, Distribution, Warehousing and Storage	70	—	70
Grand total	101,500	70,560	172,060
Source: WBL 2004/05ILR, Learning and Skills Council July 2006

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