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Written question asked by Bradley Thomas (Conservative) on Friday, 10 April 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 15 April 2026 (named day). It was answered by Ian Murray (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 April 2026 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Apprentices

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 121184 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Apprentices, how many of the Department's 57 apprentices were recruited in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

Answer

The department offers apprenticeships to internal staff as part of our learning and development offer. Since the original PQ, our records have updated to reflect an additional apprenticeship completion in 2025. We therefore now have 58 members of DSIT staff that are either currently undertaking an apprenticeship or have completed an apprenticeship between 2023 and 2025. (GOV.UK). This information is obtained from our Apprenticeship Employer Account on GOV.UK.

Year by year breakdown:

Year

Apprenticeships (live and completed)

2023

No records due to creation of the department from fBEIS, CO and DCMS

2024

7

2025

51

Total

58

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
126034
Session
2024-26
Related items
Subjects
Apprentices Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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