Summer Internship Programme
Commons · Question 29129 · Tabled 11 Sep 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 23 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Mike Wood
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2026, to Question 19364, on Summer Internship Scheme, what was the deemed social class of a trade union official used by the Cabinet Office, for the 2026 Fast Stream Summer
Answer
Answered by Mark Ferguson, 23 Sep 2026
Socio-economic background is determined by an applicant’s responses to questions designed by the ONS related to parental occupation when the candidate was 14. In line with other schemes of this nature across the public and private sector, The Cabinet Offi...