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This data is management information provided to the Îʶ¦ÓéÀÖby apprenticeship providers, combined with records from the Lifelong Learning Wales Record (LLWR). It has not undergone the same level of quality assurance as official statistics.

Main points

• 1,765 apprentices were fully furloughed on 26 February 2021.
• The number of apprentices furloughed continued to rise.  505 more apprentices were fully furloughed this month than in November, when the least apprentices were furloughed.  
• However the number of apprentices furloughed is still just under a quarter of what it was at its peak, and the rate of apprentices being furloughed decreased compared to the previous 2 months.
• Less than 1% of apprenticeships have been terminated due to redundancy during the pandemic.
• Another 115 apprentices (less than 0.5%) had been made redundant but remain in learning whilst their provider tries to source an alternative employer.
• Fewer apprenticeships have ended, successfully or unsuccessfully, compared to previous years.
• Only 26% of apprentices have successfully completed their apprenticeship or gone into employment, compared to an average of 34% by this point in past years.

The inequalities are smaller than at the start of the pandemic, however some remain. The apprentices still most affected were:

• young
• working in hair and beauty; hospitality; or leisure, sport and travel
• not studying higher apprenticeships
• working for companies with less than 10 employees
• not working in the public sector
• living in mid Wales or South West Wales

Information on the overall number of people furloughed in Wales can be found in the report 'Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme statistics'.