Speeches

Jess Phillips – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jess Phillips on 2016-10-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many level 3 apprenticeships have been available in her Department in each year since 2010; how many such apprenticeships were completed in full; and how many such apprentices subsequently progressed to level 4 or above.

Robert Halfon

The table below shows numbers of apprentices in the Department for Education in each financial year since 2009/10.

Financial Year

Number of Apprentices in DfE

Level

2009/2010

19

All Level 3

2010/2011

12

all Levels 2 and 3

2011/2012

0

2012/2013

32

all Levels 2 and 3

2013/2014

15

all Level 4

2014/2015

34

20 Level 4 14 Levels 2 and 3

2015/16

64

48 Level 4 16 Levels 2 and 3

The Level 4 apprentices were all from the Civil Service Fast-track apprenticeship scheme, which lasts at least two years. The Level 2 and Level 3 apprentices were recruited directly by the Department.

The Department does not hold information about progression between levels or numbers completing apprenticeships.