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Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positions in his 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

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Sept 2024
Target answer date
12 Sept 2024
Answer
19 Sept 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many positions in his 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

  2. 12 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Department currently has two positions which include either diversity, inclusion, equity, or equality in their job title. The following table shows the roles the title included, the total roles, and the total salaries, from 2020/21 to August of 2024: ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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