Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many young people in Merseyside have applied for apprenticeships under the civil service apprenticeship scheme; how many such applications were successful; how many such apprenticeships were taken up; and how many of those apprentices served in areas which they had denoted they wished to serve in.

In 2017, 1,481 people in Merseyside have applied for apprenticeships under the Civil Service apprenticeship scheme, known as Civil Service Fast Track. Fast Track is not aimed purely at young people as it as no upper age limit.

143 were successful and all apprentices took up offers.

15 served in their first preference of Merseyside. The remaining apprentices were offered other locations in the UK.