Question reference: S5W-36050
- Asked by: Bill Bowman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government which (a) companies and (b) sectors have taken on the largest numbers of modern apprenticeships in each year since 2018-19, also broken down by month.
Answer
Official Statistics are published quarterly by Skills Development Scotland, a breakdown by month is not available.
The total number of Modern Apprentices (MAs) recruited by each occupational grouping is published at the end of each year, as recruitment of apprentices is carried out throughout the year. The top three occupational groupings over the last three years have consistently been Construction, Sport, Health and Social Care and Hospitality and Tourism.
There are a large number of Small and Medium Enterprise businesses who take on smaller numbers of cohorts each year. The following table shows the top three employers who have recruited the largest number of MAs each year since 2018 and the volume of MA starts each year:
2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
BT - 372 | Arnold Clark – 402 | KFC – 154 |
Arnold Clark – 316 | Asda Stores – 219 | BT – 102 |
Asda Stores - 289 | BT - 214 | Scottish Fire and Rescue Service - 85 |
The MA quarterly starts numbers are cumulative, the Q4 statistics are year-end. The tables below show MA starts each quarter since 2018, broken down by occupational grouping:
Occupational Groupings | 2018-19 Q1 | 2018-19 Q2 | 2018-19 Q3 | 2018-19 Q4 |
Administration & Related | 266 | 730 | 1268 | 1826 |
Animal Care, Land & Water Based | 33 | 151 | 233 | 290 |
Automotive | 116 | 654 | 1000 | 1187 |
Chemicals & Biotechnology Related | 0 | 11 | 18 | 23 |
Construction & Related | 574 | 3328 | 4925 | 6111 |
Creative & Cultural Skills | 9 | 53 | 100 | 134 |
Engineering & Energy Related | 60 | 1108 | 1363 | 1515 |
Financial Services | 113 | 269 | 493 | 862 |
Food & Drink | 352 | 699 | 1008 | 1221 |
Hospitality & Tourism | 473 | 1105 | 1791 | 2574 |
Management | 151 | 277 | 477 | 855 |
Other Manufacture | 47 | 75 | 117 | 177 |
IT & Other Services | 318 | 847 | 1374 | 2331 |
Personal Services | 173 | 388 | 586 | 848 |
Retail & Customer Service | 454 | 969 | 1490 | 2074 |
Sport, Health & Social Care | 757 | 1826 | 2828 | 4019 |
Transport & Logistics | 230 | 486 | 824 | 1223 |
Annual Total | 27270 |
Occupational Groupings | 2019-20 Q1 | 2019-20 Q2 | 2019-20 Q3 | 2019-20 Q4 |
Administration & Related | 236 | 714 | 1170 | 1558 |
Animal Care, Land & Water Based | 11 | 101 | 197 | 238 |
Automotive | 92 | 613 | 925 | 1159 |
Chemicals & Biotechnology Related | 6 | 10 | 30 | 31 |
Construction & Related | 691 | 3737 | 5221 | 6417 |
Creative & Cultural Skills | 15 | 75 | 101 | 161 |
Engineering & Energy Related | 61 | 1031 | 1463 | 1604 |
Financial Services | 114 | 347 | 521 | 663 |
Food & Drink | 280 | 574 | 927 | 1217 |
Hospitality & Tourism | 472 | 1077 | 1692 | 2388 |
Management | 133 | 276 | 457 | 723 |
Other Manufacture | 29 | 62 | 97 | 152 |
IT & Other Services | 442 | 1038 | 1684 | 2352 |
Personal Services | 83 | 242 | 416 | 606 |
Retail & Customer Service | 369 | 819 | 1325 | 1708 |
Sport, Health & Social Care | 1031 | 2387 | 3994 | 5446 |
Transport & Logistics | 271 | 616 | 1020 | 1452 |
Annual Total | 27875 |
Occupational Groupings | 2020/21 Q1 | 2020/21 Q2 | 2020/21 Q3 |
Administration & Related | 28 | 93 | 253 |
Animal Care, Land & Water Based | * | 16 | 62 |
Automotive | * | 51 | 260 |
Chemicals & Biotechnology Related | - | - | 19 |
Construction & Related | 236 | 843 | 3057 |
Creative & Cultural Skills | * | 8 | 17 |
Engineering & Energy Related | 5 | 215 | 733 |
Financial Services | 32 | 82 | 147 |
Food & Drink | 6 | 208 | 472 |
Hospitality & Tourism | 5 | 176 | 633 |
Management | 27 | 121 | 303 |
Other Manufacture | * | 2 | 19 |
IT & Other Services | 319 | 629 | 1028 |
Personal Services | - | 50 | 195 |
Retail & Customer Service | 7 | 69 | 288 |
Sport, Health & Social Care | 224 | 934 | 2584 |
Transport & Logistics | 14 | 133 | 534 |
* Disclosure control has been applied where figures are less than 5 or where such small numbers can be identified through differencing | Total at the End of Q3 2020/21 | 10,604 |