Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.

The Department is strongly committed to supporting the recruitment of apprentices.

The table below shows how many apprentices are employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies in the age groups (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older.

The above figures relate to apprentices who were recruited into the Department. We do not hold data on whether they were previously employed by the Government.

The figures for the associated bodies are not held centrally.