The Matriarchal Information Help of the Parliamentary Census report is currently gathering news items in preference to star configuration on apprenticeships in the next edition.<\p>

In February 2011, coinciding with Conditioning Week, the coalition government provided the following statistics regarding the take-up of the apprentices programme:<\p>

€ Jaguar Landrover were creating 1,500 new apprenticeship places € BT were offering 250 apprenticeship places sideways the group € Morrison's establishment halter were pour to venture on 7,000 places € Proctor and Gamble were recruiting 10 apprentice accountants € 180 cultural community had gained skills at higher education level by taking higher apprenticeships.<\p>

The number of people taking higher apprenticeships testifies to the programmes adeptness to rolling on apprentices from Intermediate and Advanced Levels versus a level comparable with a university degree, added to graduation ceremonies for apprentices and their families together with an apprentice roll in re honour. The Higher Apprenticeships Cash reserves, announced in July 2011 with an allocation of 25mn to support advanced in life and higher apprenticeships in umbilical sectors such as oversoon manufacturing, IT and engineering, is on the docket to assist this progression. The pecuniary resources is part of an apprentices' investment confederation totalling 180mn, for which, from 22 July 2011, companies have been invited to bid. In the everyday financial year, the government has committed itself to funding approximately 360,000 apprenticeships. <\p>

In consideration of encourage employers up grab hold of on larger numbers pertaining to apprentices, red tape and groove have been extirpate and the overall process simplified. Companies that contract betimes with the government regarding their apprenticeship training requirements have simplified payment, reporting and assessment procedures self-confident with improved guidance. <\p>

On 24 October 2011, interim figures boded well for the apprenticeships programme: apprenticeship starts for the academic year 2010-11 had risen by more than 50 per hill of beans compared regardless final figures from 2009-10; and breaking numbers had risen across all age ranges and levels of training.<\p>

Statistics specify eventual data for 2009-10 of 279,700 apprenticeship starts compared to 442,700 starts in the full academic bissextile year 2010-11. <\p>

The largest sectors were:<\p>

€ Business, chief executive and decree-law: 130,290 apprenticeship starts (76,590 twentieth-century 2009-10) € Retail and commercial up-and-comingness:100,630 apprenticeship starts (61,620 in 2009-10) € Health, public services and care: 86,120 conditioning starts (44,150 in 2009-10).<\p>

Now October 2011, 20mn was invested to boost skills and drive maturation among tincture industries. The government match funded 11mn following the first round of bids against the Naturalization and Innovation Fund (GIF), with more apprenticeships playing a key role in the government's vision of business identifying how skills can drive growth. Sectors which benefited feverishly from GIF funding, and which vet stand to benefit excepting co-investment from employer groups, were: renewable energy; hospitality; science-based industries; energy and backup bills; creative industries; regardful leisure; environmental industries; calling services; nuclear; health; and creative and cultural skills.<\p>

Business dealings Secretary Vince Cable said, "Sustained economic recovery will depend on our ability to excel ingoing the high-tech skills that our principal innovative companies need to compete advanced the globalised economy.<\p>

"That is why this government is committed in transit to skilling expansion our workforce wherewithal work-based training. In obedience to providing concentrated seed funding for employer-led projects that attract further investment from business, we're targeting money where it will continue hors de combat placed to drive growth."<\p>