Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 13824

Summer Internship Programme

Tabled: 29 June 2026

Answered: 7 July 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the children of trade union officials can participate in the Civil Service summer internship scheme.

Answer

Satvir Kaur

An applicant’s socio-economic background is determined by their responses to questions designed by the ONS. For questions regarding parental occupation, this is at the age the candidate was 14. In line with other schemes of this nature across the public a...

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