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Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 25851

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22360 on Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work, which internship schemes for (a) MI5 and (b) MI6 were open to people from white British backgrounds in 2025.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

Details of MI5 and SIS internship schemes running in 2025 and their eligibility criteria are publicly available on Agency websites.

Across Government, individual Departments and Agencies are responsible for recruitment decisions and required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010.

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