Written Question·Scotland Office·UIN 81980

Scotland Office: Recruitment

Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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

Kirsty McNeill
All staff that join the Scotland Office, do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other Government bodies, principally the Ministry of Justice and the Scottish Government, who remain the employers. As such, the Scotland Office actively participates...

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