Ministry of Justice: Work Experience
(asked on 20th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many young people aged eighteen or younger have undertaken work experience in his Department in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those young people were (a) girls and (b) boys from state schools.
The Ministry of Justice’s Social Mobility Programme provides work experience placements for students aged under 18 from less privileged backgrounds, targeting state schools that have more than 20% of students receiving free school meals. Under the programme, the Ministry of Justice also provides a number of placements for students over 18 from less privileged backgrounds.
MoJ has provided a total of 1,297 placements since 2017; gender information was not collected prior to 2021.
Social Mobility Programme - Calendar year Sep 21 – Aug 22
Placement 01 September 2021 – 31 August 2022 | 138 |
18 and under | 83 |
Over 18 | 40 |
No data | 15 |
| Total | Percentage |
Female | 85 | 62% |
Male | 25 | 18% |
Identify in another way | 2 | 1% |
No data | 26 | 19% |
Additionally, the Department delivers a number of Civil Service internship schemes and participation rates for the schemes have been provided for 2021 and 2022 intakes below. These schemes are for individuals over the age of 18:
Internship | 2021 intake | 2022 intake |
Summer Diversity Internship Programme (SDIP) & SDiP for Digital, Data and Technology (SDIP DDaT) | 51 | 19 (14 SDiP, 5 SDiP DDaT) |
Early Diversity Internship Programme | N/A | 19 |
DfE Care Leavers | 10 | 3 (1 awaiting vetting) |
Launch (MoJ Care Leavers) | N/A | N/A (numbers available in November) |
Movement to Work | 10 | 0 |
To ascertain whether the Department (including all 34 agencies and public bodies) has provided work experience placements for students aged 18 or younger in the last 12 months, in addition to the MoJ Social Mobility Programme and Internship Schemes, will exceed the proscribed costs limit.