Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprenticeships have been created in each Government department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many of those apprentices subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.

Workforce planning, including apprenticeships, is the responsibility of individual departments.

However, in light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on our contribution towards the national target. From 2016/17 onwards, apprenticeship data will be collected on a quarterly basis.