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Ministry of Justice: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
27 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether they have made an estimate of the potential impact of abolishing diversity, equity and inclusion roles in their Department on annual staffing costs.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The delivery of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) activity and staffing requirements is decided by Departments as the employer.Civil Service Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Expenditure guidance, published under the previous Government in May 202...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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