Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2016 to Question 49829, what the timetable is for the data to become available on the number of apprentices given permanent positions in the Civil Service.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office will publish apprenticeship data in line with the requirements set out in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 and relevant regulations, which are intended to come into force in April 2017.