Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices left that organisation before completing their apprenticeships in each of the last three years.
Information on the number of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices who left the organisation before completing their apprenticeships since 2015 is in the tables below.
Engineering
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Intake | 64 | 84 | 101 | 83 |
Completed | 54 | 70 | 92 | 81 |
Percentage | 84.4% | 83.4% | 92.1% | 97.6% |
Left organisation before completion | 10 | 14 | 9 | 2 |
Percentage | 15.6% | 16.6% | 8.9% | 2.4% |
Project professionals
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Intake | - | 11 | 26 | N/A |
Completed | - | 9 | 22 | N/A |
Percentage | - | 81.9% | 84.6% | N/A |
Left organisation before completion | - | 2 | 4 | N/A |
Percentage | - | 18.1% | 15.4% | N/A |
Finance
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Intake | 10 | 30 | 11 | N/A |
Completed | 8 | 24 | 9 | N/A |
Percentage | 80% | 80% | 81.9% | N/A |
Left organisation before completion | 2 | 6 | 2 | N/A |
Percentage | 20% | 20% | 18.1% | N/A |