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Treasury: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 23868

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

Answered by Treasury

Neither HM Treasury nor any of its Arm’s Length Bodies operates an internship scheme that restricts applications on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both.

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