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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on ministerial clearance of contracts relating to external equality, diversity and inclusion providers.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
6 Sept 2024 · 38 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her Department's policy is on ministerial clearance of contracts relating to external equality, diversity and inclusion providers.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Ministerial approval is currently sought for all contracts relating to external EDI providers within scope of the EDI Expenditure Guidance published on 14th May. The guidance allows for Ministers to delegate this responsibility to the Permanent Secretary,...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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