Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
As of 31 December 2020, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) employed 122 apprentices, of whom 49 work for our Trading Fund, FCDO Services. This is 1.4% of the total of FCDO and FCDO Services UK Based (or "UK-registered") staff worldwide, and 1.9% of our staff working in the UK. We expect a further 2 FCDO staff to enrol on an apprenticeship by 31 March 2021.