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Department for Transport: Recruitment

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 81976

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport (DfT) has not run recruitment or internship schemes with the sole focus of increasing the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year. However, we have offered a range of recruitment and internship schemes designed to attract and develop talent.

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