AQW 28786/11-15

Mr David McNarry
UK Independence Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 27/11/2013
Answered On Date: 05/12/2013
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail how many female apprentice trainees are currently on apprenticeship courses, broken down by skills area.

Answer:

As of July 2013 (the most recent published data) female occupancy on the ApprenticeshipsNI programme stood at 3,377. A full breakdown of gender occupancy, aligned to apprenticeship frameworks has been placed in the Assembly Library and on the DEL website on http://www.delni.gov.uk/.

As the member will be aware, back in February I announced a major review of my Department's apprenticeship policy. This review, which is all-encompassing in nature, is progressing as planned, and I will be reporting its findings shortly.