Question follow-through · 20130

Low Pay Commission: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Low Pay Commission.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
18 Dec 2024
Answer
24 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff are employed by the Low Pay Commission.

  2. 18 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    There are zero full-time equivalent diversity, equality and inclusion staff employed by the Low Pay Commission.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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