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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Apprentices

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 23 March 2026UIN 121039

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many apprentices the department recruited in 2025, compared with the figures for i. 2022, ii. 2023 and iii. 2024.

Answered by Samantha Dixon

There are two different ways of counting apprenticeship recruitment:

  • Definition A: colleagues who joined on an apprenticeship contract.
  • Definition B: colleagues who joined MHCLG via a role which was advertised as including an apprenticeship and subsequently began an apprenticeship after joining.

Both definitions are included below. The source of this information is MHCLG recruitment data. The number of apprentices the MHCLG has recruited in the requested years are as follows:

Definition A

Definition B

2022

0

0

2023

8

21

2024

13

17

2025

0

0

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