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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

• 1,585 apprentices were fully furloughed on 8 January 2021.
• The number of apprentices furloughed rose for the first time since May. 325 more apprentices were fully furloughed this month than in November.  
• However the number of apprentices furloughed is only a fifth of what it was at its peak.
• Less than 0.5% of apprenticeships have been terminated due to redundancy during the pandemic.
• Another 130 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 22% of apprentices have successfully completed their apprenticeship or gone into employment, compared to an average of 29% 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
• white or mixed race
• 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

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'.