The table shows the number of 16 to 18-year-olds starting an apprenticeship in North West Cambridgeshire parliamentary constituency, Cambridgeshire local authority, the East of England region and England for 2003/04 onwards, the earliest year for which we have comparable data.
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 NW Cambridgeshire 230 230 170 210 200 Cambridgeshire 900 1,100 900 1,000 1,000 East of England 9,500 10,100 8,500 9,100 9,800 England 107,500 112,600 99,000 105,100 107,000 Notes: 1. Area is based on home postcode of learner. 2. Figures for parliamentary constituency have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred. Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding. 3. Figures for England include those learners with missing postcodes, and home postcodes outside of England. Source: WBL ILR
The Government are committed to rebuilding apprenticeships. Since 1997 we have witnessed a renaissance in apprenticeships from a low point of 65,000 to a record 225,000 apprenticeship starts in 2007/08.
Completion rates are also at a record high with 64 per cent. successfully completing an apprenticeship—up from 37 per cent. in 2004/05.