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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Apprentices

Asked by Jack RankinConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 19 March 2026UIN 121024

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many apprentices his Department recruited in (a) 2025, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.

Answered by Michael Shanks

(a) 9 apprentices were recruited in 2025(d) 13 apprentices were recruited in 2024Due to the machinery of Government changes which created the Department in February 2023 DESNZ is unable to provide an answer to questions (b) & (c).

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