A website for apprenticeships in England backed by Lord Sugar has filled 1,185 vacancies out of the 18,000 advertised, figures show.
The Conservatives have branded it a "failure" and an "expensive gimmick".
Lord Sugar, the face of BBC's The Apprentice and now government enterprise tsar, said businesses should get behind the scheme.
The government said the apprentice system was working, and successful completion rates were rising.
In June, a parliamentary answer given by the Skills Minister Kevin Brennan said 616 apprenticeship vacancies had been filled out of 17,588 advertised.
But the National Apprenticeship Service said building up the numbers of vacancies and applications was "taking time".
The number of apprenticeships accepted has risen rapidly since that date as students reach the end of their courses, it said.
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