Sir Nichoas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many apprenticeships the British Army provides and in which sectors.

Mr Tobias Ellwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence People and Veterans: The Army is Britain's biggest provider of apprenticeships, offering not just a job, but a career with ongoing training. It currently runs 43 apprenticeship programmes, across seven sectors:

Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies;

Retail and Commercial Enterprise;

Health, Public Services and Care;

Information and Communication Technology;

Business, Administration and Law;

Construction, Planning and the Built Environment;

Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Care.

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