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<p>The House does not currently meet the public sector apprenticeship target but plans
to meet or exceed it by March 2021. That would require around 55 apprentices per year
based on current headcount. A new lead provider was appointed in September 2018 with
a broader training offering. Work is also ongoing across the House to identify apprenticeship
roles including upskilling of existing employees through an apprenticeship, and recruitment
of new apprentices.<br></p><p>The House’s priority is to meet the 2.3% target by March
2021. However, if in a position to do so we will review this to see what more can
be done, once the target has been met.<br></p><p>The number of apprenticeships offered
has increased from 10 per year (2012–2018) to 12 in January 2019, with further enrolments
planned over the coming months to reach around 25 to 30 apprentices by April 2019.<br></p><p>The
range of apprenticeship programmes on offer has been expanded from two to fourteen
Standards since September 2018 and this is expected to be expanded further during
2019.<br></p><p>A ‘Standard’ is the name of the apprenticeship training which replaced
the older style ‘Frameworks’ training when the Apprenticeship Levy was introduced
in May 2017.</p>
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