FOI 222908

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 222908

 

I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 16^th January 2023.  Please find below the response to your request:

 

Please provide answers to the following questions in respect of (Name of Police Force):

 

1. What did your police force pay as its apprenticeship levy for the following tax years?

 

1. 2017/18
2. 2018/19
3. 2019/20
4. 2020/21
5. 2021/22

 

2. For each of the above tax years, how many apprenticeships were funded via your force’s apprenticeship fund for:

 

1. Police officers?

 

1. Police staff?

 

 

3. Of those funded for police staff, how many were:

 

1. Traditional entry level apprenticeships with blend of classroom and on the job training with the promise of a job at the end?

 

1. Career development opportunities for existing staff?

 

4. For each of the above tax years, what was the cost to your force’s apprenticeship fund of providing:

 

1. Police officer apprenticeships?

 

1. Police staff apprenticeships?

 

5. For each of the above tax years, please confirm the job title of every police staff apprenticeship role which was funded by your force’s apprenticeship fund during that tax year.

 

 

Reply

 

1. What did your police force pay as its apprenticeship levy for the following tax years?
2. 2017/18 - £633,354

1. 2018/19 - £672,378
2. 2019/20 - £714,680
3. 2020/21 - £762,060
4. 2021/22 - £790,312

 

2. For each of the above tax years, how many apprenticeships were funded via your force’s apprenticeship fund for:

            Police officers? 

1. 2017/18
2. 2018/19
3. 2019/20
4. 2020/21 = 90
5. 2021/22 = 107

 

            Police staff?   

1. 2017/18 = 09 (Alliance)
2. 2018/19 = 05 (Alliance)
3. 2019/20 = 05
4. 2020/21 = 36
5. 2021/22 = 02

 

 

 

3. Of those funded for police staff, how many were:

 

            Traditional entry level apprenticeships with blend of classroom and on the job training with the promise of a job at the end?   

1. 2017/18 = 09 (Alliance)
2. 2018/19 = 01 (Alliance)
3. 2019/20 = 01
4. 2020/21 = 01
5. 2021/22 = 01

 

            Career development opportunities for existing staff?     

 

1. 2017/18 = 00 (Alliance)
2. 2018/19 = 04 (Alliance)
3. 2019/20 = 04
4. 2020/21 = 35
5. 2021/22 = 01

 

 

4. For each of the above tax years, what was the cost to your force’s apprenticeship fund of providing: 

 

1. Police officer apprenticeships?

2017/18 - 0

2018/19 - 0

2019/20 - £68,129

2020/21 - £824,359

2021/22 - £1,502,908

 

1. Police staff apprenticeships?

2017/18 - 0

2018/19 - £36,579

2019/20 - £117,989

2020/21 - £75,285

2021/22 - £91,292

 

 

5. For each of the above tax years, please confirm the job title of every police staff apprenticeship role which was funded by your force’s apprenticeship fund during that tax year.

 

1. 2017/18

HR Assistant / Motor Technician L2 / Motor vehicle Technician L3 / Finance assistant / Technical Support / Case worker / Administration Assistant

1. 2018/19

Accounting L2 / Motor Vehicle Service & maintenance Technician L3 / Business Administration L3

1. 2019/20

HR Consultant Partner L5 / Infrastructure Technician L3

1. 2020/21

Operations / Departmental Manager L5 / Team Leader-Supervisor L3 / Customer Service Practitioner L2 / Business Administrator L3 / HR Consultant Partner L5 / Infrastructure Technician L3

1. 2021/22

Operations / Departmental Manager L5 / Assistant Accountant L3