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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Unpaid Work

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 24048

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in the last 12 months through the department, other than the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme.

Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

In the last 12 months, in addition to the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme, the following internship schemes have been made available through the former Department for Business and Trade: The Government Economic Service Summer Placement Scheme and the Government Statistical Service Summer Placement Scheme.

The following internship scheme has been made available through the former Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in addition to the Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme: the Care Leavers Internship scheme.

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