Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology's news story entitled Civil Service Fast Stream exceeds target to boost STEM expertise across Government published on 25 October 2023, what proportion of Fast Stream hires in the 2023 recruitment campaign had a STEM degree qualification; and of those, what proportion held degrees in (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) maths.

Over 50% of Fast Stream hires in the 2023 recruitment campaign had a STEM degree qualification.

Our STEM categorisation is based on subject groups provided by the Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA). Therefore it is not possible to break hires down by (a) science, (b) technology, (c) engineering and (d) maths; as we do not collect or analyse the data in this way.