This data has been published in accordance with the Public Sector Apprenticeship Target.

Public Bodies employing more than 250 people are required to have regard to the target of 2.3% of employees being new starting apprentices.

2020 to 2021

Data submitted September 2021 for the reporting period 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.

Data set	2020 to 2021
Number of employees on 31 March 2020	4,740
Number of employees on 31 March 2021	4,666
Number of new employees between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021	443
Number of apprentices on 31 March 2020	80
Number of apprentices on 31 March 2021	53
Number of new apprentices between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021	25
Number of full time equivalents (FTE)	3,970
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021	5.64%
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2021	1.14%
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2020	0.53%

2019 to 2020

Data submitted September 2020 for the reporting period 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.

Data set	2019 to 2020
Number of employees on 31 March 2019	5051
Number of employees on 31 March 2020	4740
Number of new employees between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020	996
Number of apprentices on 31 March 2019	97
Number of apprentices on 31 March 2020	80
Number of new apprentices between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020	43
Number of full time equivalents (FTE)	3993
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020	4.31%
Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2020	1.68%
Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) between 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 as a proportion of total headcount on 31 March 2019	0.85%