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Apprentices: Greater London

Ms Buck: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships were (a) started and (b) completed in each London local authority area in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007-08. [276212]

Kevin Brennan: Tables 1 and 2 show the number of apprenticeship starts and completions in each London local authority from 2003/04, the earliest year for which we have comparable data.

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Table 1: Apprenticeship starts
Region	Local authority	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08
Inner London	Camden	100	200	100	200	200
	City of London	-	-	-	-	-
	Hackney	300	300	200	200	300
	Hammersmith and Fulham	200	200	200	200	200
	Haringey	200	200	200	200	300
	Islington	200	300	200	200	200
	Kensington and Chelsea	100	100	100	100	100
	Lambeth	400	400	300	300	400
	Lewisham	400	400	400	400	500
	Newham	500	500	400	300	600
	Southwark	300	400	300	300	400
	Tower Hamlets	500	500	400	300	500
	Wandsworth	300	300	300	200	300
	Westminster	200	200	300	200	300
	Total	3,700	4,000	3,400	3,200	4,200
Outer London	Barking and Dagenham	400	400	400	300	500
	Barnet	400	400	300	300	400
	Bexley	600	700	600	700	800
	Brent	300	400	300	300	400
	Bromley	600	600	500	600	800
	Croydon	700	700	700	600	900
	Ealing	400	400	300	400	500
	Enfield	500	500	400	400	500
	Greenwich	400	500	500	400	500
	Harrow	300	300	300	300	300
	Havering	600	600	600	600	800
	Hillingdon	600	600	500	600	800
	Hounslow	400	400	400	500	600
	Kingston upon Thames	300	200	200	200	300
	Merton	300	300	300	300	300
	Redbridge	300	400	300	300	500
	Richmond upon Thames	200	200	200	200	200
	Sutton	500	500	500	400	600
	Waltham Forest	400	500	400	400	500
	Total	8,200	8,300	7,600	7,900	10,300
Inner and outer London	Total	11,900	12,400	11,000	11,100	14,500

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Table 2: Apprenticeship completions
Region	Local authority	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08
Inner London	Camden	-	-	100	100	100
	City of London	-	-	-	-	-
	Hackney	-	100	100	100	100
	Hammersmith and Fulham	-	100	100	100	100
	Haringey	-	-	100	100	100
	Islington	-	-	100	100	100
	Kensington and Chelsea	-	-	-	100	100
	Lambeth	-	100	100	100	100
	Lewisham	100	100	200	200	200
	Newham	100	100	200	200	200
	Southwark	-	100	100	200	200
	Tower Hamlets	100	100	200	100	200
	Wandsworth	-	100	100	100	100
	Westminster	100	100	100	200	100
	Total	500	800	1,500	1,700	1,700
Outer London	Barking and Dagenham	100	100	200	200	200
	Barnet	100	100	200	200	200
	Bexley	100	200	300	400	400
	Brent	-	100	100	100	100
	Bromley	100	200	300	300	300
	Croydon	100	200	300	400	300
	Ealing	100	100	200	200	200
	Enfield	100	100	200	200	200
	Greenwich	100	100	200	300	300
	Harrow	100	100	100	100	200
	Havering	100	200	300	400	400
	Hillingdon	100	200	300	400	400
	Hounslow	100	100	200	300	200
	Kingston upon Thames	100	100	100	100	100
	Merton	100	100	200	100	200
	Redbridge	100	100	200	200	200
	Richmond upon Thames	100	100	100	100	100
	Sutton	100	200	200	300	200
	Waltham Forest	100	100	200	300	200
	Total	1,500	2,400	3,800	4,600	4,500
Inner and outer London	Total	2,100	3,200	5,300	6,200	6,200
Notes: 1. Area is based on home postcode of learner. 2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred and may not sum to total due to rounding. 3. '-' Represents a figure of less than 50. Source: WBL 1LR

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