To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many new apprenticeships were created in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire in each of the last three years. (168307)

Figures for those participating in apprenticeships can be derived from the Learning and Skills Council’s (LSC) individualised Learner Record (ILR). The table shows the cumulative number of apprenticeship starts from August-July in each year in Lancashire local LSC area. (These figures are not readily available at parliamentary constituency level).