Sir John Hayes corrected the Commons record on Apprentices

15 February 2011 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

Sir John Hayes made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 15 February 2011. The figure 75,000 in the original became 65,000 in the correction, lower by 10,000. Altogether 16 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people commenced an apprenticeship in (a) 1997 and (b) May 2010. Letter of correction from Mr John Hayes: An error has been identified in the answer given to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree (Luciana Berger) on 9 September 2010. The number given for people on apprenticeships in 1996/97 was incorrectly given as 75,000 when it should have been 65,000. The full answer given was as follows:

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Original	Corrected
The number of apprenticeships in 1996/97 was ~~75,000~~ last published in the Statistical First Release on ~~the~~ 24 October 2002, however these data were calculated on a different basis and therefore may not be directly comparable with later years. Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for England from 2003/04 to 2008/09. 2003/04 is the earliest year for which comparable data are available and 2008/09 is the latest year for which full-year data are available. Table 1: Apprenticeship programme starts, 2003/04 to 2008/09 Academic year \| Apprenticeships 2003/04 \| 193,600 2004/05 \| 189,000 2005/06 \| 175,000 2006/07 \| 184,400 2007/08 \| 224,800 2008/09 \| 239,900 ~~Note:~~ All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. ~~Source:~~ Individualised Learner Record \| Information on the number of apprenticeship starts is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 24 June 2010 http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current ~~The correct answer should have been:~~	The number of apprenticeships in 1996/97 was 65,000 last published in the Statistical First Release on 24 October 2002, however these data were calculated on a different basis and therefore may not be directly comparable with later years. Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for England from 2003/04 to 2008/09. 2003/04 is the earliest year for which comparable data are available and 2008/09 is the latest year for which full-year data are available. Table 1: Apprenticeship programme starts, 2003/04 to 2008/09 Academic year \| Apprenticeships 2003/04 \| 193,600 2004/05 \| 189,000 2005/06 \| 175,000 2006/07 \| 184,400 2007/08 \| 224,800 2008/09 \| 239,900 Note : All figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Source : Individualised Learner Record \| Information on the number of apprenticeship starts is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 24 June 2010 at: http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current

Original

Corrected

The number of apprenticeships in 1996/97 was ~~75,000~~ last published in the Statistical First Release on ~~the~~ 24 October 2002, however these data were calculated on a different basis and therefore may not be directly comparable with later years.
Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for England from 2003/04 to 2008/09. 2003/04 is the earliest year for which comparable data are available and 2008/09 is the latest year for which full-year data are available.
Table 1: Apprenticeship programme starts, 2003/04 to 2008/09 Academic year
| Apprenticeships
2003/04
| 193,600
2004/05
| 189,000
2005/06
| 175,000
2006/07
| 184,400
2007/08
| 224,800
2008/09
| 239,900
~~Note:~~
All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
~~Source:~~
Individualised Learner Record
|
Information on the number of apprenticeship starts is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 24 June 2010
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current
~~The correct answer should have been:~~

The number of apprenticeships in 1996/97 was 65,000 last published in the Statistical First Release on 24 October 2002, however these data were calculated on a different basis and therefore may not be directly comparable with later years.
Table 1 shows the number of apprenticeship starts for England from 2003/04 to 2008/09. 2003/04 is the earliest year for which comparable data are available and 2008/09 is the latest year for which full-year data are available.
Table 1: Apprenticeship programme starts, 2003/04 to 2008/09 Academic year
| Apprenticeships
2003/04
| 193,600
2004/05
| 189,000
2005/06
| 175,000
2006/07
| 184,400
2007/08
| 224,800
2008/09
| 239,900
Note :
All figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Source :
Individualised Learner Record
|
Information on the number of apprenticeship starts is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 24 June 2010 at:
http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current

The correction in Hansard.

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