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Departmental Work Experience

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many work placements his Department offered to (a) school pupils, (b) university students and (c) graduates in each of the last five years. (274486)

DEFRA has offered 45 university students and 105 graduates work placements over the last five years. We do not keep data on any work placements offered to students between 14 and 18 years old.

The following table provides the breakdown of the numbers over this period.

Type of candidate

University students

Graduates

2005

13

23

2006

12

17

2007

10

28

2008

5

22

2009

5

15

Total

45

105