The Welsh Government recently announced that it had delivered 100,000 apprenticeships in this Senedd term, presenting it as a significant milestone, despite their original target of 125,000 apprenticeships being missed. However, the Office for Statistics Regulation has now disputed this figure, stating that only 92,800 apprenticeships have been delivered under the official, rigorous measure.
Commenting, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Education, Natasha Asghar MS, said:
"Labour fell short of their target by a wide margin, but still claimed success. Now it’s clear they have also missed their revised target by 8,000.
"After 27 years of Labour and Plaid Cymru selling young people short, they are now misleading them about the very little they have delivered.
"The Welsh Conservatives will deliver an ambitious target of 125,000 apprenticeships over the next Senedd term to give young people the skills Wales needs and drive economic growth."
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