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 Nick Gibb (Conservative) on Friday, 27 February 2015 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Apprentices

Question: 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.

Answer

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

Secondary information