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Civil Service: Temporary Employment

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 8 July 2026UIN 14349

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the internship schemes in operation (a) across the Civil Service, and (b) across departments and agencies, according to information held by the Civil Service People Group.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Individual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and selecting the best methods to meet their objectives, including the use of internships. The Cabinet Office runs the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme offering placements across government. The Cabinet Office does not hold a list of all internship programmes centrally and has no plans to collect this data.

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