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 Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Monday, 2 March 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Apprentices

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprentices employed by (a) his 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.

Answer

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is proud to be recognised as the single largest deliverer of apprenticeships in the UK with over 18,000 apprenticeships undertaken each year across the Armed Forces.

Information, on apprenticeships in the military, in the form requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

For civilians the following table provides the requested breakdown by age as at 1 January 2015, excluding approximately 30 Civil Service Fast Track apprentices for whom current age data is not available:

16-18

19-24

25 or older

MOD Main (including Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S))

100

Defence Support Group

Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)

Total

140

Notes: ~ denotes five or fewer.

Data has been individually rounded to the nearest 10, and may not sum precisely to the overall total.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 225064
Session: 2014-15
Subjects: Apprentices Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Apprentices

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