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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1256906/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Agenda for Change multi-year pay and contract reform deal 2018/19 to 2020/21 included a commitment for the NHS Staff Council to negotiate a new provision on pay for apprentices within the National Health Service terms and conditions of service.<\/p><p>Employers and trade unions were unable to reach a consensus on pay following lengthy negotiations but did agree on other areas including on job descriptions and person specifications for apprentices and on treatment of internal applicants to apprenticeship roles.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national pay-scale for apprentices across the NHS.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4444", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karin Smyth"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1217071", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1217071/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Education operate the apprenticeship levy to support employers across all sectors to undertake training as apprentices. Apprenticeships funding can be used to cover the eligible costs of training and assessment for the apprentice, but it currently does not allow costs of backfill to be met \u2013 this falls to National Health Service employers employing apprentices.<\/p><p>We recognise that the nursing apprenticeship requires a high percentage of apprentice time spent in off the job training. Apprenticeships are real jobs with training and employers cover employment costs as they would with any employee, including wages while training.<\/p><p>Apprenticeships continue to play a vital role in delivering the high-quality skills employers need and that will support our economic recovery post COVID-19.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"}
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        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-07-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-06-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of backfilling costs in the NHS on the NHS' ability to provide affordable apprenticeships programmes for (a) nursing and (b) other careers in healthcare.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4444", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Karin Smyth"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1139237", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1139237/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department does not centrally collect the information requested.<\/p><p>Public sector organisations in scope to meet the public sector apprentice target provide data annually to the Department for Education on numbers of apprentice starts. Data provided by the Department for Education show the National Health Service organisations in scope had 13,800 apprentice starts in 2017/18.<\/p><p>Published statistics which cover public sector apprenticeships in England in the first year of the target, 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 are available at the following link:<\/p><p><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-sector-apprenticeships-in-england-2017-to-2018<\/a><\/p><p>Data is not available on 2018/19 starts until later this year.<\/p><p>Any NHS organisations not in scope for the apprenticeship target will not be included in the return, though they may have apprentices training within their organisation.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many apprenticeship starts in England were funded by the NHS in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19 at each apprenticeship level.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4125", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Catherine McKinnell"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130899/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>We are working closely with employers and Health Education England and other key delivery partners to make sure that the National Health Service is fully supported to recruit apprentices, thus utilising their levy contributions, in a range of occupations and in doing so ensure the NHS has a workforce that is reflective of the population it serves.<\/p><p>As at March 2019, there are 40 apprenticeship standards ready for delivery in a range of health and care roles, with a further 18 in development.<\/p><p>Individual NHS employers hold their own data on their levy spend and will know full 2019/20 spend at the end of the financial year.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made against the commitment to invest over half of the £200 million apprenticeship levy back into the NHS in 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4244", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jonathan Ashworth"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/935306/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Data on the number of apprenticeship starts by employer are not currently held in the format requested.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The estimated numbers of apprenticeship starts for 2015/16 and 2016/17 split by region are set out in the following table.<\/p><p><strong> <\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region<\/p><\/td><td><p>2015/16<\/p><\/td><td><p>2016/17<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,890<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,167<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>East of England<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,767<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,509<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Kent Surrey and Sussex<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,277<\/p><\/td><td><p>943<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North East<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,239<\/p><\/td><td><p>750<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North West<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,451<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,747<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North West London<\/p><\/td><td><p>746<\/p><\/td><td><p>551<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North, Central and East London<\/p><\/td><td><p>814<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,087<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>South London<\/p><\/td><td><p>718<\/p><\/td><td><p>553<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>South West<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,915<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,617<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley<\/p><\/td><td><p>630<\/p><\/td><td><p>598<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Wessex<\/p><\/td><td><p>931<\/p><\/td><td><p>615<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,021<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,850<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,421<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,545<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Total<\/p><\/td><td><p>19,820<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,532<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Source: Health Education England<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Figures on the numbers of public sector apprenticeships are not yet available for 2017/18. Public bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required to report on their progress annually. The first reports, covering the 2017/18 period, are due by 30 September 2018.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152627, how many NHS apprenticeship starts there were by (a) employer and (b) region in each of those three years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/922485/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Health Education England recorded the numbers of National Health Service apprentice starts for 2015/16 and 2016/17 as shown in the following table.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Total number of NHS Apprenticeship Starts<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015/16<\/p><\/td><td><p>19,820<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016/17<\/p><\/td><td><p>15,532<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>Source: Health Education England<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Figures on the numbers of public sector apprenticeships are not yet available for 2017/18. Public bodies in scope of the public sector apprenticeships target are required to report on their progress annually. The first reports, covering the 2017/18 period, are due by 30 September 2018.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Health Education England is leading the development of a number of new health-related apprenticeship standards which will open up pathways for several careers across the NHS. As of May 2018, 21 new standards are ready for delivery and a further 29 are in development.<\/p>"}
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