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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS: Apprentices (28 October 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts use apprenticeship funding to develop their clinical workforce.

Asked by:
Andrew Pakes (Labour)

Answer

Provisional data, published by the Department for Education and covering all apprenticeships, indicates that there were 18,400 NHS apprenticeship starts from 191 NHS employers for the 2023/24 financial year.

'Public sector apprenticeships - aggregate return values by sub-sector' from 'Apprenticeships', Permanent data table - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK

With regards to the number of clinical apprenticeships within NHS Trusts, data is not validated.


Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
4 November 2024

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