Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, further to the answer of 25 June 2026, to Question 11148, on Civil Service: whether any internship schemes managed by (a) her Department and (b) each of its superintended departments are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class and (iii) both.

The Attorney General’s Office does not operate any internship schemes that are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social class, or (iii)both.

The CPS, SFO and HMCPSI do not offer internship schemes.

The Government Legal Department (GLD) supports three internship and placement schemes that aim to improve access to the legal profession: the Sutton Trust internship, the Government Legal Profession (GLP) Summer Diversity Scheme and the GLD Law Placement Scheme. None of these schemes restricts applicants on the basis of ethnicity. Eligibility criteria for some schemes are designed to support social mobility.