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Written question asked by Chuka Umunna (Labour) on Monday, 23 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 February 2015. It was answered by Robert Buckland (Conservative) on Monday, 2 March 2015 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Apprentices

Question

To ask the Attorney General, how many apprentices employed by (a) the Law Officers' Departments 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.

Answer

As at 31st January 2015 the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) employed 140 apprentices. A breakdown by age category is shown in the table below.

Age Band

Headcount

16-18

18

19-24

103

25+

19

Grand Total

140

The CPS does not centrally record how many of these apprentices were previously employed by the Government. To obtain this information would require a manual check of application forms which would incur a disproportionate cost.

There are currently three apprentices working in the Serious Fraud Office and two in the remaining Law Officer’s Departments, however in order to protect individual’s personal data we are unable to provide any details of age or employment history, as the small numbers involved could lead to individuals being identified.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
225060
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Apprentices Attorney General
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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