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
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
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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:
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