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Apprentices

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of Level 7 apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions were for people aged (i) under 22 and (ii) 22 or over, in each year for which data is available.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
28 May 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what number and proportion of Level 7 apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions were for people aged (i) under 22 and (ii) 22 or over, in each year for which data is available.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 May 2025

    Answer published

    The attached file shows level 7 apprenticeship starts and achievements for the 2015/16 to 2023/24 academic years broken down by learner age as requested.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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