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Department for Education: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23952

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her 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 Department for Education

The department and its Arm’s Length Bodies do not manage any internship schemes that are restricted to applicants on the basis of ethnicity, social class, or both.

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