Question follow-through · 14774

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her department uses numerical reasoning tests as part of the recruitment process for its graduate recruitment scheme.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    DSIT doesn't operate a departmental graduate recruitment scheme.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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