Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unpaid internships there are in her Department.

The Department is an active participant in the Civil Service Summer Diversity Internship programme. This is a paid scheme and individuals normally remain with the Home Office for 9-10 weeks.

The Department also provides a work experience programme for 15 - 18 year olds from diverse backgrounds. This is a cross Civil Service scheme working with Local Education Authorities and aimed at giving individuals a sense of what being a Civil Servant is like by placing them in the Civil Service for a week. This is unpaid and involves shadowing for a week.