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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Equality

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

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
31 Mar 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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. 31 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance was issued on the 14th May 2024. DCMS complies with the guidance, and therefore ensures that any D&I activity provides value for money and benefits both DCMS employees and enhanc...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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