Information on the total number of people in the population with a Hairdressing or Barbering qualification is not held centrally. The Department only holds data on government-funded learners.

Table 1 shows the number of non-apprenticeship learners who achieved a Hairdressing or Barbering qualification in the 2013/14 academic year, and at what level.

Table 2 shows the number of learners who achieved an apprenticeship in Hairdressing or Barbering in the 2013/14 academic year, and at what level.

Table 1. Adult (19+) FE & Skills (excluding Apprenticeships) Achievements by Level; Hairdressing and Barbering (2013/14 Full Year)

Notes

1) This table includes Workplace Learning, Community Learning and Education and Training provision (including the Offender Learning and Skills Service) taken at General Further Education Colleges (including Tertiary), Sixth Form Colleges, Special Colleges, Specialist Colleges and External Institutions.

Table 2. All Age Learner Achievements in the Hairdressing and Barbering Apprenticeship Frameworks, by Level (2013/14 Full Year)

Notes

1) Figures represent the number of learners who have achieved an apprenticeship framework, as opposed to the number of framework achievements, in the 2013/14 academic year. Total achievements will therefore differ from those published for frameworks. Framework achievements are published here https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378242/apprenticeships-achievements-by-sase-framework.xls

The Department for Education publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser.

The figures for England, available from 2010, are:

Source: School Workforce Census. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

The Department for Education publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser, but not on independent careers advisers employed by schools.

Schools were placed under a statutory duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in September 2012. Schools can retain in-house arrangements for providing careers guidance but must combine this with support from external sources to meet their legal requirements. Statutory guidance underpinning the duty is clear that this should include face-to-face guidance where it is the most suitable support for young people to make successful transitions.

The Department for Education publishes data on the number of staff in schools with the role of careers adviser, but not on independent careers advisers employed by schools.

Schools were placed under a statutory duty to secure independent careers guidance for pupils in September 2012. Schools can retain in-house arrangements for providing careers guidance but must combine this with support from external sources to meet their legal requirements. Statutory guidance underpinning the duty is clear that this should include face-to-face guidance where it is the most suitable support for young people to make successful transitions.

The Department for Business Innovation and Skills is not the employer of the further education workforce. Further education providers are independent organisations responsible for all matters relating to the recruitment of their staff.

In awarding grants or contracts, the Department does include within the terms and conditions of funding, a requirement that every provider must comply with relevant legislation. This includes being mindful of and meeting responsibilities laid out in the Equality Act 2010. Contracts and grants also pass on the Public Sector Equality Duty, which was introduced in April 2011, and describes equality responsibilities.

The Education and Training Foundation was established in 2013 as the independent sector owned and led organisation. It is responsible for professionalism in further education and has Government endorsement. The Foundation is playing an active role in supporting the sector to address findings from further education workforce surveys and improve the diversity of the further education workforce.