Question follow-through · 14973

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether Departments are required to report exemptions to his Department.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
19 Nov 2024
Target answer date
21 Nov 2024
Answer
27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether Departments are required to report exemptions to his Department.

  2. 21 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Yes. Departments are required to report exemptions under the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance to the Cabinet Office.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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