Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 116160

Intelligence Services: Unpaid Work

Tabled: 26 February 2026
Answered: 11 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants to the Summer Intelligence Internship self-certify their ethnicity; and whether the SIS undertakes an audit.

Answer

Dan Jarvis
Applicants for the UKIC Summer Internship state their ethnicity as part of the application process. We do not comment on what checks are conducted by UKIC during the recruitment process.