Public sector apprenticeship target 2017 - 2020

Year 3 - Public sector apprenticeship target 2019-2020

Question
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2019	30,108
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2020	29,961
Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020	3,462
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2019	505
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2020	654
Number of new apprentices in England between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020	409
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020	11.81%
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2020	2.18%
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2019	1.36%

Year 2 - Public sector apprenticeship target 2018-2019

Question	Answer
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2018	31,399
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2019	30,367
Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018	4,005
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2018	208
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2019	505
Number of new apprentices in England between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 (includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship)	414
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019	10.34%
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2019	1.66%
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2018

Year 1 - Public sector apprenticeship target 2017-2018

The government have set a target for public sector bodies, 2.3% of their current workforce (based on headcount) are to be apprentices. This target runs from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2021

The government have requested public sector bodies to publish their number of apprenticeships annually and report this data to the Department for Education. The first year annual publication is for the period 01 April 2017 – 31 March 2018.

The first reporting period deadline is the 30 September 2018. Our response must be recorded on the Education and Skills Funding Agency, Digital Apprenticeship Service System and published via the authorities internet site for public access.

There are 6 questions to be answered and published, they are as follows:

Question	Answer
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2017	31,876
Number of employees who were working in England on 31 March 2018	31,399
Number of new employees who started working for you in England between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018	3,738
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2017	66
Number of apprentices who were working in England on 31 March 2018	208
Number of new apprentices in England between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 (includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship)	221

Reporting percentages

Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018	5.91%
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2018	0.66%
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2017	0.69%