To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what the average starting salary is for students who have completed an apprenticeship through the National Apprenticeship Service; (318237)

Data on salaries of apprentices completing an apprenticeship framework are not available.

A survey of the pay of apprentices “Apprenticeship Pay: 2007 Survey of Earnings by sector”—DIUS Research Report 08 05, showed that the average net pay for an apprentice in England in 2007 was £170 per week. The report is available at:

http://www.dius.gov.uk/research_and_analysis/apprenticeship _pay