Question follow-through · 29143
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the total cost to the public purse for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion courses for staff in her Department in 2024.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) uses the Civil Service Learning Frameworks for the provision of diversity, equality and inclusion training for our people. The financial information held by the department is limited to custom...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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