Question follow-through · 43017

a:gender: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the a:gender network in each year since its creation.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
3 Apr 2025
Answer
9 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the a:gender network in each year since its creation.

  2. 3 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    A:gender was founded in 2003. As a staff network, it is a volunteer collaborative group of Civil Service staff. We do not hold final central records for any funding prior to 2020. Based on the information the Cabinet Office holds, funding was provided fro...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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