Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices employed by (a) her Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
The Department for Education currently employs 46 Apprentices. The information requested is supplied in the table.
DfE apprentices by age - at end January 2015 | |||||||
Number of staff (number previously worked in Civil Service1) | |||||||
All | DfE | Agencies | |||||
Total | 46 | (1) | 27 | (1) | 19 | (0) | |
Age Band | 16-18 | 7 | (0) | 2 | (0) | 5 | (0) |
19-24 | 38 | (1) | 24 | (1) | 14 | (0) | |
25+ | 1 | (0) | 1 | (0) | 0 | (0) | |
Source: DfE HR | |||||||
1. Where civil service start date is before DfE start date | |||||||