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Written Question
Department for Exiting the European Union: Apprentices
Thursday 17th May 2018

Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what levels of apprenticeships are offered by his Department; and how many apprenticeship starts there were at each level in each of the last three years.

Answered by Steve Baker

The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) offers Level 3 and Level 4 Apprenticeships.

In total, DExEU has had 19 Level 4 Apprentices start through the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Programme; and two Level 3 Apprentices. From the time DExEU was formed this equates to four starts in 2016, and 17 in 2017, of which:

  • 2016: Four Level 4 Apprentices

  • 2017: 15 Level 4 Apprentices and 2 Level 3 Apprentices.

Through apprenticeships, the Civil Service aims to enhance diversity and improve social mobility; strengthen the skills base of our current and prospective workforce; and provide high quality learning opportunities that are embedded into workforce planning and professional career paths.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 02 Feb 2017
Exiting the EU: New Partnership

"Will my right hon. Friend inform the House of how the legislation, and the White Paper in particular, will hopefully help to protect and enhance Gibraltar’s unique position and of the progress he is making towards a free trade deal between us and Gibraltar? I understand that such a deal …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the effect of the EU referendum on Gibraltar.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Evans. I declare an interest: I am the chairman of the all-party group on Gibraltar. I have visited Gibraltar several times, funded by …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and I would put it more strongly than that. “Ironic” is too polite a word; the fact that Spain harasses Gibraltar and constantly seeks to undermine its status when, as he says, it has overseas enclaves of its own is tantamount to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"I thank my hon. Friend for his customarily robust intervention, and of course he is absolutely right. As he says, it is astonishing that a NATO ally should do that. It costs the British taxpayer several thousand pounds extra every time there is an RAF flight to Gibraltar, because the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"I was on my last sentence, but please go ahead...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"Absolutely. A lot of us have been fighting almost a rearguard action, initially in the days following the referendum, against all the negativity. There seemed to be a grey cloud over people who were on the wrong side of the debate, so far as the referendum went. We all know …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"My hon. Friend is talking about the NATO context. Yes, Spain ought to be a friendly country and an ally. We are duty-bound and treaty-bound by article 5 to come to its defence. If it were attacked by an external enemy, or any enemy, we would potentially send our people …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"I take issue with my hon. Friend’s statement that Gibraltar does not have a voice here. There is an all-party group, and it has friends and allies in both Houses. I think he needs to clarify that saying it does not have a directly mandated representative is very different from …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jul 2016
EU Referendum: Gibraltar

"Thank you for your excellent chairmanship, Mr Evans. I thank all hon. Members from across the House for their support today on this important and crucially timed debate. I am grateful for the Minister’s summing up remarks, in which he reaffirmed the British Government’s commitment to the people of Gibraltar …..."
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