Question follow-through · 58254
Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts at level 7 there were in the academic years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 for individuals aged 16-21.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprenticeship starts at level 7 there were in the academic years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25 for individuals aged 16-21.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
There were 2,710 apprenticeship starts at level 7 by learners aged under 22 in the 2023/24 full academic year. So far for 2024/25 (August 2024 to January 2025), there have been 2,540 apprenticeship starts reported.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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