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<p><del class="ministerial">The department currently employs 209 apprentices. This
can be broken down into the following groups in the attached table, which also shows
the proportion against the total number of employees.</del></p><p>Regarding the proportion
of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for
the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief
Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and
a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.</p><p><del class="ministerial">Within
the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy,
policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 1.6% of the total of 317 employees.</del></p><p>
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