Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many new graduate Fast Streamers were allocated places in each department in each year since 2010.

The pilot cohort of 100 Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England participated in the pilot cohort:

· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

· Cabinet Office

· Crown Prosecution Service

· Department for Education

· Department for Work and Pensions

· HM Revenue & Customs

· Ministry of Defence

· Ministry of Justice

Cohort 2 will begin in September 2014 and will place 200 apprentices across Departments and Agencies across England, including:

· Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

· Cabinet Office

· Crown Prosecution Service

· Department for Education

· Department for Work and Pensions

· HM Revenue & Customs

· Ministry of Defence

· Ministry of Justice

· Civil Service Employee Policy

· Civil Service Resourcing

· Civil Service Learning

· Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

· Department for Transport

· Department for Culture, Media and Sport

· Department for Communities and Local Government

· UK Trade & Investment, part of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

· Treasury Solicitor's Department

· Insolvency Service

· Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary

· Crown Commercial Service

The government plans to continue to grow this programme and expand it to other departments.

Annual Reports published by the Cabinet Office indicating the number of candidates recommended for appointment to the Graduate (now Generalist) Fast Stream are available at www.gov.uk.

A table showing the numbers recommended for appointment to the scheme for the period 2010-2012, distributed by department, has been placed in the library of the House. Data for 2013 is not yet available.