Apprenticeships

Mr. Willetts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the success rates are for the complete framework of (a) further education, (b) adult and community learning, (c) school sixth forms and (d) work-based learning for (i) post-16, (ii) 16 to 18 and (ii) over 18-year-olds for Levels 1 to 3 qualifications for each year between 2000 and 2006.

Bill Rammell
[holding answer 30 January 2007]: The following table shows success rates in further education (FE) and work based learning (WBL) from 2000/01 to 2004/05. These data were published in the Statistical First Release, “Further Education and Work Based Learning—Learner Outcomes in England” for the relevant year.

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|                       |2000/01|2001/02|2002/03|2003/04|2004/05|2005/06|
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|FE                     |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|All levels             |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |58     |63     |66     |69     |72     |75     |
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|19+                    |59     |65     |68     |72     |75     |77     |
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|All ages               |59     |65     |68     |71     |74     |76     |
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|                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|Level 1                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |51     |53     |56     |61     |64     |69     |
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|19+                    |48     |50     |55     |59     |61     |64     |
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|All ages               |49     |51     |55     |59     |62     |62     |
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|                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|Level 2                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |51     |53     |55     |60     |64     |68     |
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|19+                    |46     |49     |50     |54     |60     |65     |
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|All ages               |48     |51     |52     |56     |61     |67     |
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|                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|Level 3                |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |60     |68     |70     |72     |75     |77     |
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|19+                    |46     |50     |51     |53     |58     |63     |
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|All ages               |56     |62     |64     |67     |71     |74     |
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|                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|WBL                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|Apprenticeship         |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |—      |31     |37     |36     |41     |56     |
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|19+                    |—      |21     |27     |29     |34     |50     |
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|All ages               |—      |26     |32     |32     |38     |53     |
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|                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|Advanced Apprenticeship|       |       |       |       |       |       |
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|16-18                  |—      |24     |25     |31     |41     |54     |
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|19+                    |—      |19     |22     |29     |40     |53     |
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|All ages               |—      |22     |24     |30     |40     |53     |
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Learner data for school sixth forms are currently not collected on the LSC’s ILR, so success rates can not be calculated. However, statisticians in the Department and the LSC are working to collect data which will enable the calculation of these success rates; a date for publication has not yet been agreed.

Success rates are not calculated for ACL.