§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officially recognised apprenticeships have been completed by persons employed by his Department in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. AitkenThe information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, over the past 10 years the Ministry of Defence has recruited some 8,300 civilian apprentices into disciplines recognised by the national trade unions.
The intake numbers were as follows:
Number 1983 1,257 1984 1,260 1985 1,034 1986 1,025 1987 674 1988 691 1989 683 1990 708 1991 574 1992 393