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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Apprenticeships and traineeships

   This publication has been superseded by Apprenticeships

2. Step 2

   • Data set: Learner characteristics - learning difficulties and-or disability

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2017/18 to 2019/20

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Starts
   • Age Group:
     • Total
   • Age Group U19 Adult:
     • Total
   • BAME:
     • Total
   • LLDD:
     • Total
   • LLDD Primary:
     • Total
     • Asperger's syndrome
     • Autism spectrum disorder
     • Disability affecting mobility
     • Dyscalculia
   • Level:
     • Total
     • Advanced Apprenticeship
     • Higher Apprenticeship
     • Intermediate Apprenticeship
     • Unknown

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Academic year 2022/23

   Starts for 'Learner characteristics - learning difficulties and-or disability' for Advanced Apprenticeship, Asperger's syndrome, Autism spectrum disorder, Disability affecting mobility, Dyscalculia and 25 other filters in England between 2017/18 and 2019/20

   	2017/18					2018/19				2019/20
   	Intermediate Apprenticeship	Advanced Apprenticeship	Higher Apprenticeship	Unknown	Total	Intermediate Apprenticeship	Advanced Apprenticeship	Higher Apprenticeship	Total	Intermediate Apprenticeship	Advanced Apprenticeship	Higher Apprenticeship	Total
   Asperger's syndrome	370	260	50	no data	680	370	320	70	760	260	290	90	630
   Autism spectrum disorder	480	230	20	no data	730	570	310	50	930	470	360	80	920
   Disability affecting mobility	260	290	110	no data	660	280	340	180	790	160	270	190	620
   Dyscalculia	310	220	30	no data	550	290	270	60	620	250	230	70	550
   Dyslexia	8,190	6,250	1,150	no data	15,600	8,100	7,250	2,070	17,420	6,180	6,290	2,450	14,920
   Emotional/behavioural difficulties	~	~	~	no data	~	~	~	~	~	no data	no data	no data	no data
   Hearing impairment	630	610	170	no data	1,410	570	670	310	1,560	380	540	320	1,240
   Mental health difficulty	1,800	1,340	250	no data	3,390	2,300	1,970	530	4,800	1,680	1,890	760	4,330
   Missing/Not Applicable	930	730	440	no data	2,100	280	380	290	950	130	260	420	810
   Moderate learning difficulty	1,110	580	90	no data	1,780	970	520	80	1,570	540	360	100	1,000
   More than one learning difficult or disability and no primary one specified	~	~	~	no data	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~	~
   Multiple disabilities	~	~	~	no data	10	~	~	~	~	no data	no data	no data	no data
   Multiple learning difficulties	~	~	~	no data	~	no data	~	no data	~	no data	no data	no data	no data
   Not Provided	140,240	149,550	44,310	~	334,100	122,890	155,680	69,140	347,710	84,230	124,190	75,420	283,840
   Other disability	610	460	120	no data	1,190	670	580	230	1,470	420	450	220	1,090
   Other learning difficulty	550	350	60	no data	960	640	470	110	1,210	580	560	160	1,300
   Other medical condition (for example epilepsy, asthma, diabetes)	3,510	3,490	870	no data	7,860	3,260	3,850	1,210	8,320	2,290	3,170	1,320	6,780
   Other physical disability	260	270	80	no data	610	290	330	130	760	210	300	160	680
   Other specific learning difficulty (e.g. Dyspraxia)	310	240	90	no data	640	350	330	190	860	290	300	260	850
   Prefer not to say	160	160	120	no data	430	180	170	70	420	100	160	110	360
   Profound complex disabilities	20	10	10	no data	40	20	10	10	50	10	20	10	40
   Severe learning difficulty	70	30	~	no data	100	60	30	~	90	50	40	10	100
   Social and emotional difficulties	610	290	30	no data	930	600	360	50	1,000	460	340	70	870
   Speech, Language and Communication Needs	100	60	10	no data	170	130	90	10	230	90	90	20	200
   Temporary disability after illness (for example post-viral) or accident	30	30	10	no data	70	40	50	20	100	30	50	20	90
   Visual impairment	850	760	150	no data	1,750	750	780	230	1,760	420	690	220	1,330
   Total	161,390	166,220	48,150	~	375,760	143,590	174,730	75,060	393,380	99,220	140,840	82,460	322,530

   Footnotes

   1. Volumes are rounded to the nearest 10 and '~' indicates a base value of fewer than 5 but greater than 0
   2. Age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity are based upon self-declaration by the learner

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   • Publication: Apprenticeships and traineeships, Academic year 2022/23

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