Regulation 7 Public sector apprenticeship target: Group A and Group B

(1)

Figure Z in respect of Group A and Group B is calculated in accordance with the steps outlined in the following paragraphs.

(2)

Step 1 is to ascertain the total headcount of each of Group A and Group B on the day before the first day of each reporting period in the target period, that number being figure—

(a)

“W1” in relation to the reporting period beginning with 1st April 2017;

(b)

“W2” in relation to the reporting period beginning with 1st April 2018;

(c)

“W3” in relation to the reporting period beginning with 1st April 2019;

(d)

“W4” in relation to the reporting period beginning with 1st April 2020.

(3)

Step 2 is to multiply each of figures W1, W2, W3 and W4 in relation to that Group by 0.023, the sum of which being for the reporting period beginning with—

(a)

1st April 2017, “figure X1”;

(b)

1st April 2018, “figure X2”;

(c)

1st April 2019, “figure X3”;

(d)

1st April 2020, “figure X4”.

(4)

Step 3 is to calculate the total of figures X1, X2, X3 and X4, as they relate to each of Group A and Group B (“figure Y”).

(5)

Step 4 is to round figure Y up or down to the nearest whole number (“figure Z”).