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Northern Ireland Office: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 23962

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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 Northern Ireland Office

The Northern Ireland Office does not place any restrictions to applicants on the basis of ethnicity, social class and/or both. The Northern Ireland Office has not recruited for any internship schemes in the last 12 months.

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