Question follow-through · 19364
Summer Internship Programme
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13824 on Summer Internship Programme, whether trade union officials have been deemed to be working class for the purposes of the parental occupational assessment
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots · 15 Jul 2026
- Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 · 15 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 13824 on Summer Internship Programme, whether trade union officials have been deemed to be working class for the purposes of the parental occupational assessment
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2026
Answer published
As we set out in August 2025, we opened our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme exclusively for undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds for 2026. We determine eligibility based on parental occupation at age 14 in line with guidance from t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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