Question follow-through · 5187
Department for Work and Pensions: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2024
Answer published
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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