Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
The proportion of staff currently employed as apprentices by the Department for Transport is 1.41%, this includes apprentices from the central department and the four executive agencies. This figure is made up of apprentices who have been externally recruited and existing employees undertaking an apprenticeship.
This figure is based on headcount numbers.
This figure does not include apprentices employed by the Department waiting to start their apprenticeship.