Apprenticeship Places

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 20 Mawrth 2017.

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Photo of Robert Halfon Robert Halfon Minister of State (Department of Education) (Apprenticeships and Skills) 12:00, 20 Mawrth 2017

My hon. Friend is exactly right. I congratulate the hairdressing academy on its support of apprenticeships. We now have 900,000 apprentices—the record highest number ever—and we have 784,000 starts. We are building the apprenticeship nation, and giving those young people a ladder of opportunity.