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<p>As of 31 March 2020, the Civil Service in England has achieved an average of 2.1%
of its total workforce as apprenticeship-starts through the qualifying period against
the legisla-tive target to achieve an average of 2.3% across the financial years 2017/18
to 2020/21. According to Cabinet Office statistics, the Department for International
Trade, including UK Export Finance, has achieved 3.5% of its total workforce in England
as apprentice-ship-starts in 2019/20, up from 1.1% in 2018/19.</p><p>We have plans
in place to achieve our legislative target by the end of March 2021. DIT offers a
range of apprenticeships across different disciplines to build both individual and
departmental professional capability. The department continues to include apprenticeships
as part of its workforce planning to ensure it maintains performance against the 2.3%
target. The data for 2018/19 can be found <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcivil-service-apprenticeship-data-2018-to-2019&data=02%7C01%7Csadia.khan%40trade.gov.uk%7C2f0a183f6c184b67b61b08d85ef6d449%7C8fa217ec33aa46fbad96dfe68006bb86%7C0%7C0%7C637363761509600892&sdata=PMVlxN5M48v%2B92C8e8blUisT8VbQUKCh8iS7XhOBvFA%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">here</a> and the data for 2019/20 is <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-apprenticeship-data-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
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