Employment And Training, England Citation, commencement, extent and application 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1st April 2021. 2 These Regulations extend to England and Wales but apply in relation to England only. Amendment of the Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017 2 The Public Sector Apprenticeship Targets Regulations 2017 are amended in accordance with the following regulations. Amendment of regulation 3 (prescribed public bodies) 3 In regulation 3(4) for “the day before the first day of one or more reporting periods in the target period” substitute “31st March 2021”. Amendment of regulation 4 (reporting periods) 4 In regulation 4— a in the heading, for “periods” substitute “period”; b in paragraph (a)— i after “1st April” insert “2021”; ii for “in the following calendar year” substitute “2022”; iii for “periods” substitute “period”; c in paragraph (b)— i after “1st April” insert “2021”; ii for “in the following calendar year” substitute “2022”; iii for “periods” substitute “period”; d in paragraph (c)— i after “1st April” insert “2021”; ii for “in the following calendar year” substitute “2022”; iii for “periods” substitute “period”. Amendment of regulation 5 (target period) 5 For regulation 5 substitute— Target period 5 The target period is the period beginning with 1st April 2021 and ending with 31st March 2022. . Amendment of regulation 6 (public sector apprenticeship targets) 6 In regulation 6— a in paragraph (2)(a), for “an active period or periods (taken as a whole)” substitute “the target period”; b omit paragraph (3). Amendment of regulation 7 (public sector apprenticeship target: Group A and Group B) 7 In regulation 7— a in paragraph (2) for “the day before the first day” to the end of that paragraph substitute “31st March 2021 (“figure X”)”; b for paragraph (3) substitute— 3 Step 2 is to multiply figure X in relation to that Group by 0.023 (“figure Y”). ; c omit paragraph (4); d in paragraph (5) for “Step 4” substitute “Step 3”. Amendment of regulation 8 (public sector apprenticeship target: other public bodies) 8 In regulation 8— a in paragraph (2) for “the day before the first day of each active period” substitute “31st March 2021”; b in paragraph (3) for “each of the figures” substitute “the figure”; c omit paragraph (4); d for paragraph (5) substitute— 5 Step 3 is to round up or down to the nearest whole number the figure calculated under Step 2, with the resulting rounded figure being figure Z. ; e omit paragraph (7). Amendment of regulation 9 (prescribed information) 9 In regulation 9— a in paragraph (b) omit the words “in respect of” to “the target period)”; b for paragraph (c) substitute— c figure B (the number of apprentices who began to work for the body during the reporting period) expressed as a percentage of the figure described in paragraph (b). . Amendment of Schedule 1 10 In Schedule 1, after paragraph 3 insert— 4 The proprietor of a relevant academy, where— “proprietor” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996 ; “relevant academy” means any of— an Academy school within the meaning of section 1A of the Academies Act 2010 ; a 16 to 19 Academy within the meaning of section 1B of that Act ; and an alternative provision Academy within the meaning of section 1C of that Act . . Amendment of Schedule 2 11 In Schedule 2, in paragraph 6(e) for “by regulation 5(3)” substitute “in Schedule 1”. Gillian Keegan Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department for Education 9th March 2021