Department for International Development: Apprentices
(asked on 27th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many apprenticeships have been created in her Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
In light of the Government’s manifesto commitment to achieve three million new apprenticeship starts in England by the end of the Parliament, the Cabinet Office will be centrally collecting data on apprenticeships to allow the Civil Service to report on its contribution towards the national target. In line with these commitments DFID’s targets are set as:
Year | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 |
DFID’s target | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
With current in year planning DFID will exceed the target set for 2016/17.
Type of Apprenticeship/ Location | Fast Track | Operational Delivery | Total |
East Kilbride | 8 | 3 | 11 |
London | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Totals | 16 | 9 | 25 |
DFID’s commitment to central Government apprenticeships started during 2015/16, details as below. These apprenticeships will not finish until at least July 2017 and it is too early to know how many will secure a job within the Civil Service.
Type of Apprenticeship/ location | Fast Track | Operational Delivery | Totals |
East Kilbride | 3 | 6 | 9 |
DFID did sponsor two internal apprenticeships in 2012; both were successful in retaining employment with DFID.