The government has set targets for the numbers of apprentices employed by local councils in England. You can find information on these targets at GOV.UK: public sector apprenticeship target.
In our employment figures below, 'new apprentices' is a combined total of new employees hired as apprentices and people who were already employees but have started an apprenticeship.
Employee and apprentice totals on 31 March
| Year |
Total employees |
Total apprentices |
|---|
| 2022 |
2,520 |
98 |
| 2021 |
2,686 |
91 |
| 2020 |
2,877 |
99 |
| 2019 |
2,940 |
70 |
| 2018 |
2,771 |
42 |
| 2017 |
2,785 |
29 |
New employees and apprentice totals between 1 April and 31 March
| Year |
Total new employees |
Total new apprentices |
|---|
| 2021/22 |
289 |
46 |
| 2020/21 |
257 |
56 |
| 2019/20 |
569 |
69 |
| 2018/19 |
752 |
59 |
| 2017/18 |
556 |
47 |
Percentage of employees that were apprentices on 31 March
| Year |
Percentage of employees that were apprentices |
|---|
| 2022 |
3.89% |
| 2021 |
3.38% |
| 2020 |
3.44% |
| 2019 |
2.38% |
| 2018 |
1.52% |
Percentages between 1 April and 31 March
| Year |
Percentage of employees that were new apprentices compared with the total employees on the previous 31 March |
Percentage of employees that were new apprentices compared with the total number of new employees |
|---|
| 2021/22 |
1.71% |
15.92% |
| 2020/21 |
1.95% |
21.79% |
| 2019/20 |
2.35% |
12.13% |
| 2018/19 |
2.13% |
7.85% |
| 2017/18 |
1.69% |
8.45% |
