Question follow-through · 38856
Department of Health and Social Care: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 26 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.
19 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department has no current roles which focus exclusively on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The roles to support the Department's legal and policy obligations under this remit are integrated into its wider human resources and policy functions. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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