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Summer Internship Programme

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 16 June 2026UIN 8057

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 5 February 2026 to Question HL13977 on Civil Service: Unpaid Work, how the Civil Service establishes whether candidates have misrepresented their socio-economic background.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

In line with other schemes of this nature across the public and private sector, the Cabinet Office uses self-certification for the socio-economic data of applicants and does not seek further validation. This is the same approach taken under its predecessor, the Summer Diversity Internship Programme, from 2010 to 2023.

Any candidate who is found to have misrepresented their circumstances in their application will face a disciplinary investigation.

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