Question follow-through · 5182

Department for Education: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such jo

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
18 Sept 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such jo

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The department does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost. Information on spending and staffing can be found in the department’s annual report and accounts.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Freedom of Expression

15 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect free speech for students in higher education.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: English Language

29 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of children in school in each constituency do not have English as their first language.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

29 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the value was of student loans that were written off in each of the last five years; and what this was as a proportion of all outstanding student loans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Attendance

30 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing parents to take their children out of school during term time for up to five days per year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Education: Apprentices

31 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many apprentices there were in her Department in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Class Sizes

6 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what data his Department holds on the average class size at (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) Great Yarmouth constituency and (ii) England in each of the last twenty years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Students: Loans

8 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 11711 on Students: Loans, for what reason there was an increase in the amount of debt written off between 2022-23 and 2023-24.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Coronavirus

12 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school days were lost due to school closures during the Covid lockdowns.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Children in Care: Migrants

18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in the care system are from non-UK citizenship families; and what the total cost to the public purse is of their care.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Private Education: VAT

20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consultations her Department is holding with public schools in relation to the removal of VAT exemptions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pupils: Attendance

21 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the total amount of fines collected for taking children out of school during term time was in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.