Army: Apprentices
(asked on 7th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers have completed the Army’s apprenticeship programme in each year since 2019; and in which sectors those apprenticeships were completed.
The information requested is provided in the following table.
Army Apprenticeship Achievements since 2019.
Apprenticeship Type | Route/Subject Sector Area | Aug 2019 - Jul 2020 | Aug 2020 - Jul 2021 | Aug 2021 - Jul 2022 | Aug 2022 - Jul 2023 |
Standard | Agriculture, environmental and animal care | 0 | 0 | 2 | 127 |
Business and administration | 0 | 114 | 162 | 198 | |
Catering and hospitality | 2 | 31 | 68 | 50 | |
Construction and the built environment | 0 | 0 | 3 | 126 | |
Digital | 6 | 0 | 10 | 41 | |
Education and early years | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | |
Engineering and manufacturing | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | |
Health and science | 3 | 43 | 196 | 168 | |
Protective services | 82 | 1,092 | 1,051 | 1,987 | |
Transport and logistics | 3 | 13 | 337 | 707 | |
Framework | 01 - Health, Public Services and Care | 1,368 | 312 | 102 | 45 |
03 - Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care | 199 | 132 | 145 | 26 | |
04 - Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies | 1,173 | 1,016 | 712 | 770 | |
05 - Construction, Planning and the Built Environment | 147 | 79 | 105 | 61 | |
06 - Information and Communication Technology | 764 | 839 | 574 | 110 | |
07 - Retail and Commercial Enterprise | 1,324 | 1,092 | 386 | 39 | |
15 - Business, Administration and Law | 140 | 38 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 5,217 | 4,805 | 3,894 | 4,472 |
Notes/caveats:
- These figures are single Service estimates based on management information which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
- Data has been provided by full Contract Year which runs from 1 August to 31 July.
- Standards are occupation-focussed, and Frameworks are qualification-focused.