Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 21057

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is (a) his Department's and (b) the Environment Agency's policy on the use of positive discrimination in the recruitment process for internships.

Answer

Emma Hardy
The core department, Defra, and its Non-Departmental Public Bodies, including the Environment Agency, comply with all legislation relevant to recruitment and will only target an internship recruitment campaign to a specific group as a proportionate form o...
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