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Department for Transport: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23956

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Transport

No internship schemes managed by the Department for Transport or its Executive Agencies are restricted on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class or (iii) both.

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