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<p>On 2 February we published a report by the Bridge Group on socio-economic diversity
in the Civil Service’s flagship graduate recruitment programme, the Fast Stream. This
report can be accessed from the link at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/socio-economic-diversity-in-the-fast-stream-the-bridge-report"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/socio-economic-diversity-in-the-fast-stream-the-bridge-report</a>
and my accompanying speech at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/addressing-inequality-in-the-public-sector-and-beyond-matt-hancock-speech</a>"</p><p>For
the Fast Stream graduate programme and for the Fast Track apprenticeship scheme, we
already collect information from candidates about their socio-economic background.
We are working to implement the Bridge Group recommendations on the best measures
of socio-economic background for these programmes, including collecting home postcode
and school attended by applicants, both at age 14. Both of these new data items will
be collected for recruitment to Fast Stream and Fast Track for new competitions from
2016.</p><p>We will publish our Social Mobility Strategy for the Civil Service in
the Spring, in which we will set out our approach to measuring socio-economic diversity
in the wider workforce.</p>
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