Academic year 2020/21

Apprenticeships in England by industry characteristics

Data guidance

Published 28 April 2022

Description

This release presents statistics on apprenticeship starts by their employer industry characteristics.

Data from the Individualised Learner Record (ILR), Apprenticeship Service and Office for National Statistics Inter-departmental Business Register (IDBR) have been matched.

This allows information about apprentices to be linked to information about their employers, covering:

• Learner characteristics - age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities, ethnicity and whether they live in a relatively deprived area (based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (opens in a new tab)),
• Apprenticeship information - level, standard/framework, subject studied, geography of workplace and whether they were supported by levy funds from an Apprenticeship Service Account (ASA),
• Employer industry characteristics - industry sector, size band and legal status.

Coverage

The linked education and business (ILR-IDBR) dataset covers nine academic years between 2012/13 and 2020/21 and is used here to produce:

1. Estimates for volumes of apprenticeship starts by employer industry characteristics,
2. Estimates of the volume of enterprises with apprenticeship starts, by employer industry characteristics,
3. For the first time, estimates for volumes of apprenticeship achievements by employer industry characteristics, between 2018/19 and 2020/21.

File formats and conventions

The underlying data files are provided in comma separated value (csv) format.

Whole numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, percentages are provided to the nearest one decimal place. Figures have been suppressed with the value ‘c’ for numbers lower than 3, and percentages where the numerator is less than 3 or the denominator is less than 6.

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

Apprenticeship achievements by enterprise characteristics

• Filename: table8_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by levy status, enterprise size, two-digit SIC of enterprise, IMD, sector of enterprise and standard classification.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
Sector	Sector of enterprise
Standard	Apprenticeship standard
TwoDigitSector	Two digit sector code of enterprise

Footnotes

1. The learner's home postcode has been linked to the Index of Multiple Deprivation to identify learners living in relatively deprived areas (i.e. the 20% most deprived areas in England).

Apprenticeship achievements by enterprise characteristics and geography - LAD

• Filename: table9_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, enterprise sector, levy status and local authority of workplace.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
Sector	Sector of enterprise

Apprenticeship achievements by enterprise characteristics and geography - ParlCon

• Filename: table10_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Parliamentary constituency; Regional
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, enterprise sector, levy status and parliamentary constituency of workplace.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
Sector	Sector of enterprise

Apprenticeship achievements by enterprise characteristics, apprenticeship level, sex and age

• Filename: table12_2021.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by age band, levy status, ethnicity, IMD, level, LLDD, sector, gender, apprenticeship standard.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Age	Age band
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
Ethnicity	Ethnicity
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
Level	Level
Lldd	LLDD
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
Sector	Sector of enterprise
Sex	Gender
Standard	Apprenticeship standard

Footnotes

1. Age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity are based upon self-declaration by the learner
2. The learner's home postcode has been linked to the Index of Multiple Deprivation to identify learners living in relatively deprived areas (i.e. the 20% most deprived areas in England).

Apprenticeship achievements by enterprise characteristics, SSA and apprenticeship level

• Filename: table11_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by levy status, enterprise size, level, enterprise sector, sector subject area (tier 1), apprenticeship standard.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Level	Level
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
Sector	Sector of enterprise
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier one
Standard	Apprenticeship standard

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics

• Filename: table1_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by levy status, enterprise size, two-digit SIC of enterprise, IMD, sector of enterprise and standard classification.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise
Standard	Apprenticeship standard
TwoDigitSector	Two digit sector code of enterprise

Footnotes

1. The learner's home postcode has been linked to the Index of Multiple Deprivation to identify learners living in relatively deprived areas (i.e. the 20% most deprived areas in England).

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics and geography - LAD

• Filename: table2_2021.csv
• Geographic levels: Local authority district; National; Regional
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, enterprise sector, levy status and local authority of workplace.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics and geography - ParlCon

• Filename: table3_2021.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Parliamentary constituency; Regional
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, enterprise sector, levy status and parliamentary constituency of workplace.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics and standard title

• Filename: table6_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, aim title, level, sector subject area (Tier 1) and standard classification.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Aimtitle	Aim Title
Level	Level
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise
Size	Size of Enterprise

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics, apprenticeship level, sex and age

• Filename: table5_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by age band, levy status, ethnicity, IMD, level, LLDD, sector, gender, apprenticeship standard.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Age	Age band
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
Ethnicity	Ethnicity
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
Level	Level
Lldd	LLDD
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise
Sex	Gender
Standard	Apprenticeship standard

Footnotes

1. Age, gender, learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and ethnicity are based upon self-declaration by the learner
2. The learner's home postcode has been linked to the Index of Multiple Deprivation to identify learners living in relatively deprived areas (i.e. the 20% most deprived areas in England).

Apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics, SSA and apprenticeship level

• Filename: table4_2021.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by levy status, enterprise size, level, enterprise sector, sector subject area (tier 1), apprenticeship standard.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupported	ASA levy supported
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Level	Level
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Sector of enterprise
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier one
Standard	Apprenticeship standard

Enterprises with apprenticeship starts by enterprise characteristics

• Filename: table7_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2012/13 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of enterprises with apprenticeship starts in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by levy status, enterprise size, legal status, number of enterprises, enterprise sector, two-digit sector code of enterprise.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ASALevySupportedStarts	At least one start ASA levy supported
EnterpriseSize	Size of enterprise
LegalStatus	Legal status of enterprise
NumberofEnterprises	Number of enterprises
Sector	Sector of enterprise
TwoDigitSector	Two digit sector code of enterprise

Rate of apprenticeship starts in employee and business populations

• Filename: table14_2021_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2018/19 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts and enterprises with apprenticeship starts in England as a proportion of workforce and business population by sector, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Also includes additional ONS BRES and ONS UK Business data to provide details on workforce and business populations by sector.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
ApprenticesPer1kEmployees	Number of apprentices per 1,000 employees within sector
EnterprisesWithAppsPer1kEnts	Number of enterprises with apprenticeship starts, per 1,000 enterprises within sector
NumberOfStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sector	Enterprise sector

Summary data for headline figures (1)

• Filename: sme_headline.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020/21
• Content:

  Figures for headline statistics summary box

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
pctstartsSME	Percentage of apprenticeship starts in SMEs in 2020/21

Summary data for headline figures (2)

• Filename: ents_headline.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020/21
• Content:

  Figures for headline statistics summary box

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
entswithappstartsper1000	Number of enterprises with apprenticeship starts, per 1,000 enterprises in England

Apprenticeships by learner and industry characteristics

• Filename: amendment_learner_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts and achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, two-digit SIC of enterprise, aim title, level, age band, ethnicity, IMD, level, LLDD, and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Age	Age band
Aimtitle	Aim Title
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Ethnicity	Ethnicity
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
Level	Level
Lldd	LLDD
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
Sex	Gender
TwoDigitSector	Two digit sector code of enterprise

Apprenticeship and industry characteristics by region

• Filename: amendment_region_.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts and achievements in England, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by region, enterprise size, two-digit SIC of enterprise, aim title and level.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Aimtitle	Aim Title
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Level	Level
NumberofAchievements	Number of Achievements
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
TwoDigitSector	Two digit sector code of enterprise

Creative industries - apprenticeships by learner and industry characteristics

• Filename: amendment_learner_creative_.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts and achievements in England in the creative sector, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by region, enterprise size, sector of enterprise, creative subsector, aim title and level.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Age	Age band
Aimtitle	Aim Title
creative_subsector	Creative subsector
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Ethnicity	Ethnicity
IMD	Index of multiple deprivation
Level	Level
levyfunded	ASA levy supported
Lldd	LLDD
NumberofAchievements	Number of apprenticeship achievements
NumberofStarts	Number of appprenticeship starts
Sex	Gender
SIC_description	Sector description
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier one

Creative industries - apprenticeship and industry characteristics by region

• Filename: amendment_region_creative_.csv
• Geographic levels: National; Regional
• Time period: 2015/16 to 2020/21
• Content:

  Data covering the industry characteristics of apprenticeship starts and achievements in England in the creative sector, where a match has been made between the ILR and the ONS IDBR.

  Broken down by enterprise size, sector of enterprise, creative subsector, aim title, level, age band, ethnicity, IMD, level, LLDD, and gender.

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
Aimtitle	Aim Title
creative_subsector	Creative subsector
EmployerSize	Size of enterprise
Level	Level
levyfunded	ASA levy supported
NumberofAchievements	Number of apprenticeship achievements
NumberofStarts	Number of apprenticeship starts
SIC_description	Sector description
SSATier1	Sector subject area tier one