Public perception of trades and apprenticeship completion rates
There will be a debate on public perception of trades and apprenticeship completion rates on 17 December 2024 at 14:30 in Westminster Hall, led by Amanda Martin MP.
The occupation grouping “Skilled trades occupations” includes construction and building trades, food preparation and hospitality trades and agricultural and related trades. This debate pack provides information for all of these industries, but focuses on trades jobs in the construction industry.
Employment in trades occupationsData from the ONS Annual Population Survey shows that, in July 2023 to June 2024, there were 1.88 million employees working in skilled trades occupations.
Data from the ONS Business Register and Employment Survey shows that in 2023, there were 1.49 million employees in Great Britain working in the construction industry.
Recruitment in the construction industry13% of businesses in the construction industry had difficulty recruiting skilled, manual and technical employees. 77% of businesses in construction did not have recruitment difficulties.
A 2022/23 survey of 100,000 young people by the Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC), the national body for careers education, showed that 9% of students in Year 11 were interested in a career in construction.
Apprenticeship completion ratesSkills and training are devolved policy areas. The statistics in this Debate Pack cover apprenticeships in England.
In 2022/23, the apprenticeship achievement rate was 54.6%. In the same year, the achievement rate for construction apprenticeships was 53.0%. The achievement rate was 47.2% for engineering and manufacturingapprenticeships, and 60.0% for retail and commercial apprenticeships.
Press
Housebuilding: ‘Perfect storm’ in construction skills shortage
Charlotte Wright
BBC, 12 December 2024
Is end-point assessment a barrier to apprenticeship completions?
THINK
FENews, 23 September 2024
Co-Op Live investor blames labour shortages for arena woes
Jennifer Williams
Financial Times, 14 May 2024
National apprenticeship achievement rate rises to 54%
Billy Camden, Shane Chowen
FEWeek, 21 March 2024
Skilled Trades: The Gap Between Perception and Reality
3M Applied Science, 26 October 2023
Parliamentary material
Question for Department for Education: Apprentices: UIN HL1866
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life
Library publications
Apprenticeships policy in England
House of Commons Library, 3 October 2024
Green skills for education and employment
POST, 19 January 2024
Tackling the under-supply of housing in England
House of Commons Library, 19 May 2023