Question follow-through · 13451
Government Departments: Apprentices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the uptake of apprentices in the civil service in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the uptake of apprentices in the civil service in the last 12 months.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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19 Nov 2024
Answer published
The uptake of apprenticeships within the Civil Service (in England) fell under the previous administration from 7,007 starts in 2022/23 to 6,508 starts in 2023/24.This Government is committed to apprenticeships as a means of removing barriers to opportuni...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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