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Technology: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support the technology industry in adopting data-led practices to improve diversity in the sector; and whether the Department plans to support an industry div
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps he is taking to support the technology industry in adopting data-led practices to improve diversity in the sector; and whether the Department plans to support an industry div
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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13 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to promoting diversity in the tech sector and is doing so in a number of ways. DSIT is supporting the Tech Future Taskforce on Social Mobility, which includes helping companies to collect and act upon data to promote tech workf...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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