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Department for Work and Pensions: Recruitment

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 13 July 2026UIN 15671

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.

Answered by Andrew Western

DWP uses the Cabinet Office run Fast-stream but does not have its own graduate recruitment scheme.

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