Data on apprenticeships and advanced apprenticeships are collected on the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) individualised learner record (ILR). The work-based learning (WBL) ILR was collated for the first time in 2002/03 and figures are given from that time. The following table shows the number of learners starting advanced apprenticeships and apprenticeships each year who were in employment on the day before their training commenced as a percentage of all starts.
Number Percentage Total learners 2002/03 Advanced Apprenticeship 38,110 57 67,120 Apprenticeship 82,570 61 136,400 2003/04 Advanced Apprenticeship 38,510 68 56,960 Apprenticeship 95,970 70 136,610 2004/05 Advanced Apprenticeship 36,020 67 53,920 Apprenticeship 93,590 69 135,120 2005/06 Advanced Apprenticeship 39,400 76 52,130 Apprenticeship 88,450 72 122,850 Note: Learners who are not employed on the day before their apprenticeship starts could enter as an employed status apprentice and their employment status then changes because of the Apprenticeship programme.