Revenue and Customs: Apprentices
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many apprenticeships HM Revenue and Customs has offered since 2010, by year.
Answered by James Murray
HMRC has made use of apprentices since 2013.
This table shows the number of apprenticeships that have been offered and started in HMRC since 2010. It equates to 13,394 apprenticeships over 15 years.
Financial Year | Apprentices starting an Apprenticeship |
2010/11 | 0 |
2011/12 | 0 |
2012/13 | 0 |
2013/14 | 57 |
2014/15 | 0 |
2015/16 | 46 |
2016/17 | 869 |
2017/18 | 1188 |
2018/19 | 3533 |
2019/20 | 3646 |
2020/21 | 1876 |
2021/22 | 522 |
2022/23 | 589 |
2023/24 | 764 |
2024/25 | 304 |
In October 2023, HMRC launched a new strategy to embed apprenticeships across the Department. Since then, outcomes have improved, with successful completions increasing from 43% in 2022 to over 74% now.
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