Written questions

Summer Internship Programme

2026-06-04 · Cabinet Office · 7139 · Official question

Mike Wood

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 112183 on Peers: Children, what is the social class of children of peers according to the policy.

Answer

An applicant’s socio-economic background is determined by their responses to questions designed by the Office for National Statistics. For questions regarding parental occupation, this is at the age the candidate was 14. In line with other schemes of this...