Question follow-through · 20087

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the Summer Development Internship Programme 2025 is open to all applicants.

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
7 Jan 2025 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to ensure that the Summer Development Internship Programme 2025 is open to all applicants.

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    As a public body, the Environment Agency (EA) is committed to meeting the obligations set out in the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty. These require public bodies to eliminate discrimination, advance equality of opportunity and foster goo...

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