Nadhim Zahawi corrected a written answer on Department for Education: Apprentices

23 July 2019 · Commons written answer · Department for Education

Angela Rayner (Labour, Ashton-under-Lyne) asked written question 226126 on 26 February 2019. Anne Milton answered on 4 March 2019 for the Department for Education, and Nadhim Zahawi corrected the answer on 23 July 2019. The correction replaced 2 figures (1.6, 209) with 1 figure (2.5). Altogether 112 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of staff in his Department working on apprenticeship strategy, policy, and delivery are apprentices.

Original and corrected answer

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The ~~department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups~~ in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees. Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses. Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents ~~1.6%~~ of ~~the total of 317 employees.~~	The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 8 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 2.5% of their workforce.

Original

Corrected

The ~~department currently employs 209 apprentices. This can be broken down into the following groups~~ in the attached table, which also shows the proportion against the total number of employees.
Regarding the proportion of apprentices employed at the Institute for Apprenticeships, this is a matter for the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education. I have asked the Chief Executive, Sir Gerry Berragan, to write to the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 5 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents ~~1.6%~~ of ~~the total of 317 employees.~~

The Education and Skills Funding Agency is responsible for apprenticeship strategy, policy and delivery and there are 317 employees in this division. Within the Education and Skills Funding Agency, 8 employees working on apprenticeships strategy, policy and delivery are apprentices, which represents 2.5% of their workforce.

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