Question follow-through · 11234
Shipping: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many seafarer apprentices were in training in 2023-24.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many seafarer apprentices were in training in 2023-24.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
Latest figures for the 2023/24 academic year show that there have been 50 starts on the Level 2 Seafarer (deck rating) apprenticeship standard.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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