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1717204

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total value of the Department for Education’s apprenticeships budget in each financial year since 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL4558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The department’s apprenticeships budget is used to fund training and assessment for new apprenticeship starts in apprenticeship levy and non-levy paying employers to cover the ongoing costs of apprentices already in training and any additional payments made to employers and providers.</p><p>The table below provides the total value of the department’s apprenticeship budget for England for each financial year since 2017/18.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023/24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024/25</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfE Apprenticeships Budget (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2,010</p></td><td><p>2,231</p></td><td><p>2,469</p></td><td><p>2,467</p></td><td><p>2,466</p></td><td><p>2,554</p></td><td><p>2,585</p></td><td><p>2,729</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget figure for the 2024/25 financial year reflects the Spending Review 2021 settlement, as well as additional funding that has recently been announced to support apprenticeships, including the growth pilot announced at the Autumn Statement, and the additional funding the Prime Minister announced in March to boost apprenticeships for young people in smaller business and meet overall increased demand for apprenticeships.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 24/05/2024 12:34:43 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1692094

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department (a) paid in apprenticeship levy fees and (b) spent from its apprenticeship levy funds between September 2021 and August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	15905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>Between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2023, the department’s levy declarations, including the 10% government top-up and as shown in its apprenticeship service account, was £4 million. In the same period, the department’s levy spend was £4.1 million.</p><p>The funds in apprenticeship service accounts are available for levy-paying employers to draw on for 24 months before they expire on a rolling, month-by-month basis.</p><p>This spend covers the costs of apprenticeship training and assessment and levy transfers to other employers. It excludes any additional payments made to employers, providers, and apprentices, such as the care leaver’s bursary.</p> answering member constituency Harlow answering member printed Robert Halfon question first answered 01/03/2024 13:19:33 answering member 3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1456525

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Public Sector Apprenticeships Target, how many apprentices were employed in his Department in the financial year 2021-22; what proportion of the total workforce in 2021-22 were apprentices; and what his Department's return in respect of the Public Sector Apprenticeships Target was.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	151068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The department is currently collating and quality assuring data on apprenticeships for the 2021/22 financial year. Final figures are not yet available. The Cabinet Office, on behalf of the Civil Service, will be publishing a full breakdown of departmental performance on apprenticeships in the autumn in line with previous years. We are not yet able to say what proportion of the workforce were apprentices during the 2020/21 financial year.</p><p>Over the four years of the target 2017-2020, the department exceeded the target with 2.6% of the workforce starting an apprenticeship during this period. We have taken steps to increase our apprenticeship starts through advertising the majority of external vacancies at junior grades as apprenticeships since September 2020 and we are therefore on track to exceed the target during the 2021/22 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 25/04/2022 16:30:51 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1282925

registered interest
date	02/02/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	147814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>As of 31 January 2021, 4.9% of staff employed by the Department for Education are apprentices.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 08/02/2021 16:38:16 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1235560

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress his Department is making on meeting the 2.3 per cent public sector apprenticeship target; and when his Department will meet that target.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	91620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The department is maintaining a strong performance on its internal apprenticeship programme, having met the 2.3 per cent public sector target for the past 3 years. We are confident that we will meet this target again in 2020/21 by the end of the financial year.</p><p>We have made plans for the department to support the government’s Plan for Jobs through 4 external apprentice recruitment campaigns that will close on 30 September. We are piloting a new approach to external recruitment for junior roles from 1 September to 31 December – all of these vacancies will be advertised as apprenticeships.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/09/2020 15:36:19 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1224989

registered interest
date	15/07/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to reach the public sector apprenticeship target.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	74513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>The department has successfully met its public sector target for the number of apprenticeship starts in each of the previous three years. The table below shows the target and actual number of starts, and the resulting percentage of the workforce that this represents.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Target number of starts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Actual number of starts</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage of the workforce</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>108</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>2.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>3.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>2.80%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data taken from Department for Education Departmental Summary 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 24/07/2020 13:25:38 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1173913

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	9046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2019, the proportion of Department for Education staff employed as apprentices was 5%.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 03/02/2020 15:16:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner