Written questions

Department for Education: Recruitment

Commons · Question 81970 · Tabled 14 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 31 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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

Answered by Josh MacAlister, 31 Oct 2025

The Civil Service is committed to a truly diverse workforce and culture of openness and inclusivity, not as ends in themselves but as means of delivering better outcomes to the citizens we serve. As set out in the Civil Service People Plan 2024 - 2027, we...