Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many apprentices her Department recruited in (a) 2025, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

The number of apprentices that enrolled onto apprenticeship programmes within the department in each calendar year is as follows:

Year Apprentice Enrolments

2022 475

2023 890

2024 944

2025 233

Apprenticeship enrolments have reduced due to workforce controls, a prolonged pause of the Public Sector Operational Delivery Officer apprenticeship (which previously accounted for 70–80% of starts), and reform changes to available standards. Data includes all 39 apprenticeship standards used across the Home Office.