Speeches

Gordon Marsden – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2015-12-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many staff were employed by full-time equivalence (a) in total and (b) by region in the National Apprenticeship Service in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2014-15; and how many staff will be employed by full-time equivalence in the National Apprenticeship Service in (A) 2015-16, (B) 2016-17 and (C) 2017-18.

Nick Boles

The National Apprenticeships Service is housed within the Skills Funding Agency. The tables below outline the total number of staff employed by full-time equivalence and by region in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2014-15; and how many staff will be employed by full-time equivalence in (A) 2015-16, (B) 2016-17 and (C) 2017-18.

*The Skills Funding Agency is unable to forecast future headcount.

Year

Total

Region

2010-11 (as at 31 March 2011)

Headcount 382

East Midlands – 33 East of England – 32 London – 37 North East – 26 North West – 36 South East – 33 South West – 35 West Midlands – 27 Yorkshire & Humber – 36 National – 87

2012-13 (as at 31 March 2013)

Headcount 340

London – 54 Central – 66 North East – 64 North West – 40 South East – 39 South West – 51 National – 26

2014-15 (as at 31 March 2015)

Headcount 317

London – 54 Central – 66 North East – 64 North West – 40 South East – 51 South West – 39 National – 3

2015-16 (as at 11.12.15)

Headcount 245

N/A

2016-17*

Not available

N/A

2017-18*

Not available

N/A