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Meeting: Plenary on 05 November 2014
Session name: Plenary on 05/11/2014 between 10:00 and 13:00
Reference: 2014/4128
Question by: Fiona Twycross
Organisation: Labour Group
Asked of: James Cleverly AM (Chairman, LFEPA) & Ron Dobson (Commissioner, LFEPA)

Question

Competition for apprenticeships in LFB

Can you tell me how many people apply for, and how many apprenticeships places there are each year? Have you noticed an increase in competition for LFB apprenticeships?

Answer

Date: Monday 10 November 2014

As the table below indicates, the application numbers have been fairly constant. This is set in a wider context of more Apprenticeship schemes being available in the job market.

Groups

Eligible applications

Posts

Ratio of candidates to each position

Cohort 1 2010

130

4

33

Cohort 2 2010

143

3

48

Cohort 3 2012

128

3

43

Cohort 4 2013

117

3

39

Cohort 5 2014

106

3

35

Current selection

120

3

40

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