Question follow-through · 47335
Civil Service: Equality
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a log of the exemptions permitted to the guidance on Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure for (a) departments and (b) arm’s length bodies.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 13 May 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has a log of the exemptions permitted to the guidance on Civil Service equality, diversity and inclusion expenditure for (a) departments and (b) arm’s length bodies.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 May 2025
Answer published
Yes, a log of exemptions which have been reported to the Cabinet Office is held. This relates to exemptions reported by Civil Service organisations only.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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