The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Nadhim Zahawi)
Information supplied by the HR Capability and Business Partnering Division of the Department for Education has been identified as containing incorrect facts in the response provided to two parliamentary questions from the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela Rayner), concerning the number and proportion of staff employed in each group of the Department that are apprentices. Area No of Apprentices No of Employees per Area Proportion that are Apprentices Early Years and School Group 40 1901 2% Education and Skills Funding Agency 77 1543 5% Government Equalities Office 0 103 0% Higher and Further Education 9 501 2% Operations Group 110 1740 6% Social Care, Mobility and Equalities 15 677 2% Legal Advisors Office 0 14 0% 251 6479 4%
In response to PQ226124, the correct figures for the end of February 2019 are that the Department for Education employed 251 apprentices. These can be broken down as follows:
The Government Equalities Office is captured in Department for Education data because they were still employees of the Department for Education at the end of February. Legal Advisers Office remain departmental employees.
Following the identification of this issue, we have completed an audit of our database. A rigorous new process has been put in place to ensure the robustness of our data.
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