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Written Question
NHS: Apprentices
Wednesday 13th January 2016

Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many apprentices with special educational needs or disabilities have not completed their NHS apprenticeship placements.

Answered by Nick Boles

The table below shows this information for apprenticeship frameworks that are related to the transport Industry.


Table 1: Apprenticeship success rates for learners with a learning difficulty or disability on frameworks related to the transport industry (2013/14)

Frameworks

Overall Success Rate

Aviation Operations on the Ground

85.7%

Driving Goods Vehicles

70.7%

Rail Transport Engineering

81.0%

Road Passenger Transport - Bus and Coach

81.0%

Transport Engineering and Maintenance

96.2%

Vehicle Body and Paint Operations

58.3%

Vehicle Fitting

68.8%

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair

67.0%

Vehicle Parts Operations

72.2%

Notes

1) Frameworks with fewer than 20 leavers are excluded.

2) Figures for learning difficulties or disabilities are based on self-declaration by the learner



The Department does not collect the information required to estimate 5 per cent club or NHS apprenticeship success rates.


Written Question
Apprentices
Thursday 26th February 2015

Asked by: Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)

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.

Answered by Claire Perry

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.

Age Group

DfT(c)

DVSA

VCA

MCA

DVLA

HA

Total

(i)16-18

4

1

8

13

(ii)19-24

2

10

4

9

29

54

(iii)25 plus

1

6

7

Total

2

14

0

4

11

43

74

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.


Written Question
Government Departments: Apprentices
Thursday 11th September 2014

Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many apprentices each department has accepted as part of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme; and how many such apprenticeships were taken up by (a) women and (b) men in each year since that scheme started.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

The pilot cohort of 100 Civil Service Fast Track Apprentices began their apprenticeships in September 2013. Eight Government Departments across England are participating in the pilot over a two year period. The table below shows the number of Fast Track Apprentices who took up post in each Department in September 2013.

Department

Number

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

6

Cabinet Office

8

Crown Prosecution Service

9

Department for Education

15

Department for Work and Pensions

25

HM Revenue & Customs

22

Ministry of Defence

4

Ministry of Justice

11

209 apprentices are due to take up in September 2014, on the second cohort of the scheme. The number of Fast Track Apprentices due to join in each of these Departments and Agencies is given in the same table below.

Department

Number

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

8

Cabinet Office

15

Crown Prosecution Service

9

Department for Education

20

Department for Work and Pensions

48

HM Revenue & Customs

44

Ministry of Defence

29

Ministry of Justice

5

Civil Service Employee Policy

2

Civil Service Resourcing

4

Civil Service Learning

1

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

3

Department for Transport

1

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

5

Department for Communities and Local Government

4

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

2

Treasury Solicitor’s Department

2

Insolvency Service

2

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary

3

Crown Commercial Service

2

Information on the number of women and men on the scheme is available based on the initial offers made – in July 2013 for the pilot cohort and May 2014 for the second cohort.

The following numbers were those originally offered a place on the pilot Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, in July 2013.

(a) 43 women

(b) 55 men

(c) 2 did not declare their gender

Since May 2014, 209 roles have been offered on the second cohort of the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme, which will start this September.

(a) 91 women

(b) 109 men

(c) 9 did not declare their gender


Written Question
Civil Servants: Recruitment
Monday 7th July 2014

Asked by: Ivan Lewis (Independent - Bury South)

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.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

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.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Recruitment
Monday 7th July 2014

Asked by: Ivan Lewis (Independent - Bury South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many places are available annually on the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

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.


Written Question
Civil Servants: Recruitment
Monday 7th July 2014

Asked by: Ivan Lewis (Independent - Bury South)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Government departments do not participate in the Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme.

Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham

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.