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'Public sector target - historical aggregate return values by sub-sector 2017-18 to 2021-22' from 'Apprenticeships and traineeships'

• Created: 11 February 2025

WARNING - The data used in this table may now be out-of-date as a new release has been published since its creation.

New apprentices in period (thousands) for 'Public sector target - historical aggregate return values by sub-sector 2017-18 to 2021-22' for Academies/MATs, Armed Forces, Civil Service, Fire Authority, Local Government and 3 other filters in England between 2017-18 and 2021-22

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
Total	45.8	57.4	59.4	60.6	63.7
Academies/MATs	no data	1.7	2.3	2.6	4.1
Armed Forces	13.5	11.0	10.8	12.4	11.2
Civil Service	4.5	5.5	7.5	7.8	7.3
Fire Authority	0.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6
Local Government	11.3	16.2	15.9	12.3	13.7
NHS	13.9	19.6	18.3	19.9	21.6
Other	2.0	2.0	2.1	1.4	1.7
Police	0.4	0.9	1.9	3.7	3.5

Footnotes

1. Headcount and apprentice numbers have been rounded to the nearest 100.
2. Sub-sectors have been assigned based on a mapping of Apprenticeship Service account names to public sector bodies.

Source: Apprenticeships and traineeships, Public sector target - historical aggregate return values by sub-sector 2017-18 to 2021-22

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