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Question follow-through · 21135

Department of Health and Social Care: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Dec 2024
Target answer date
6 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of officials in his Department were hired via positive action schemes in the last financial year.

  2. 6 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    All Civil Service departments work within the Recruitment Principles, as regulated by the Civil Service Commission, to recruit using a fair and open process and appoint on merit. Departments will only limit a campaign to a specific group as a form of posi...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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