Question follow-through · 81547
Civil Servants: Apprentices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed on Level 7 apprenticeships.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 21 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed on Level 7 apprenticeships.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Oct 2025
Answer published
As of 31 December 2024, there were 1,635 Level 7 apprentices across the Civil Service. This government remains committed to apprenticeships as one pathway to break down barriers to opportunity.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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