Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 81974

Department for Business and Trade: Recruitment

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether their Department has run any (a) recruitment and (b) internship schemes aimed to increase the number of people from underrepresented groups in the workforce in the last year.

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Civil Service People Plan 2024–2027 commits to attracting and retaining diverse talent. Recruitment follows the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, ensuring fair and open competition based on merit.Going Forward into Employment (GFiE) suppo...

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