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Data Provider: Welsh Government Apprenticeship learning programmes started in relation to target measure by quarter and year (excluding degree apprenticeships)
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[Collapse]Age groupThis dimension gives the age of the learner at 31 August of the academic year. [Filtered]
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[Collapse]Region of domicileThis dimension gives the local authority of domicile of the learner, and has been calculated using their recorded home postcode. The 22 local authorities in Wales are grouped under four regions.[Filtered]
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[Collapse]SectorThe sector reflects the type of work and training being undertaken by the learner and is directly related to the qualification being studied for. The sector groupings can be broken down into individual sector frameworks. Any sector framework with fewer than 40 programmes in the academic year is grouped under \'Other Sector Frameworks\' for the corresponding sector grouping. [Filtered]
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Academic yearAcademic years run from 1 August of the initial year to 31 July of the following year.(Descending)[Filter]
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2024/256,6953,2953,600.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
2023/247,5654,1054,1354,01519,820
2022/236,7854,1604,8255,13520,905
2021/227,0503,8103,8953,38518,140
2020/215,4854,2204,6153,94518,265
2019/207,9254,6053,7502,40518,680
2018/198,0204,7654,4905,68522,965
2017/188,5005,9006,0157,38027,795
2016/176,3854,7804,9655,66021,790
2015/16.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable7,0457,045

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Statistical quality

Statisticians within the Welsh Government review the data and query any anomalies with the LLWR data collection team and, where relevant, with learning providers before tables are published.

The LLWR data underlying this table are intended to be final, for non-funding purposes.

Keywords

Lifelong Learning Wales Record LLWR Work Based Learning WBL Apprenticeship Apprenticeships Post-16 P16

Title

Number of apprenticeship learning programmes started in relation to target measure by quarter and year

Last update

21 August 2025 21 August 2025

Next update

January 2026

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Lifelong Learning Wales Record, Welsh Government

Contact email

Statistics@medr.cymru

Designation

None

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

Having met the target for the previous Senedd term, the Welsh Government now has a new target to create 125,000 all-age apprenticeships. This is assessed using a more rigorous measure which takes account of early drop outs (within first 8 weeks) and transfers between apprenticeship records.

This table provides quarterly data on the number of apprenticeship learning programmes started in work-based learning (WBL) in Wales. The data includes WBL that is delivered by further education institutions and also WBL delivered by other training providers. Although the target now includes degree apprenticeships, these figures are not included here. Further information on this is provided in the 'current target' tab of the dashboard. This data is sourced from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

2024/25 data is calculated using the month 12 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales record (LLWR). This freeze was produced on the 24th July 2025.

From 2016/17 onwards all data in the table is calculated using the month 5 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze is produced close to the end of the December after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2016/17 data was taken close to the end of December 2017.

Prior to 2016/17 data in the table was calculated using the month 7 freeze of the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). This freeze was produced close to the end of the February after the academic year in question finishes. For example, the freeze containing the 2015/16 data was taken close to the end of February 2017.

Data in the table is presented on an academic year basis, which runs from 1st August - 31st July.

All figures are rounded to the nearest multiple of 5. Any values greater than 0 and less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with an asterisk (*).

Rounding applied

All figures in the table have been rounded to the closest multiple of 5. All non-zero values less than 5 have been suppressed and are denoted by an asterisk (*).

Name

EDUC0196