Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts in Salford parliamentary constituency, Eccles parliamentary constituency, Worsley parliamentary constituency and Salford local authority from academic year 2003/04 onwards, the earliest year for which comparable data are available. Salford is made up of Salford and Eccles parliamentary constituencies and part of Worsley parliamentary constituency.
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Salford parliamentary constituency 330 340 310 340 310 340 Eccles parliamentary constituency 530 570 530 520 540 580 Worsley parliamentary constituency 530 450 450 420 510 450 Salford local authority 1,100 1,200 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,200 Notes: 1. Figures by parliamentary constituency are rounded to the nearest 10. Figures for Salford local authority are rounded to the nearest 100. 2. Figures are based upon home postcode of the learner. 3. Figures include Apprenticeships, Advanced Apprenticeships and Higher Level Apprenticeships. 4. Salford is made up of Salford and Eccles parliamentary constituencies and part of Worsley parliamentary constituency. Source: Individualised Learner Record
Information on the number of apprenticeship starts by parliamentary constituency, local authority, Government office region and for England is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 17 December, and reissued on 21 January to include provisional national estimates of the number of apprenticeship starts and achievements in the first quarter of 2009/10:
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/sfrdec09